This course provides housing options and the importance of using proper research techniques for biocontainment/bioexclusion. It offers basic animal handling skills, as well as injection techniques. It allows students the opportunity to gain confidence handling animals. There is an on-line lecture and quiz, as well as an in-class wet-lab. A pass/fail is assigned based on completion of the quiz, with a minimum grade of 70%, and demonstration of competency in the in-class wet-lab by accurate completion of assigned tasks.
This course provides housing options and the importance of using proper research techniques for biocontainment/bioexclusion. It offers basic animal handling skills, as well as injection techniques. It allows students the opportunity to gain confidence handling animals. There is an on-line lecture and quiz, as well as an in-class wet-lab. A pass/fail is assigned based on completion of the quiz, with a minimum grade of 70%, and demonstration of competency in the in-class wet-lab by accurate completion of assigned tasks.
