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Evidence Guide: ACMATE507 - Manage the parturition of transgenic mice or rats

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ACMATE507 - Manage the parturition of transgenic mice or rats

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for procedures and maintain documentation

  1. Comply with institutional protocols, policies and procedures as set down by the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) and relevant legislative requirements, including WHS, at all times
  2. Identify regulatory and project documentation requirements
  3. Verify project reproductive and breeding program objectives
  4. Revise, review, maintain and update records according to institutional policies and procedures
Comply with institutional protocols, policies and procedures as set down by the Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) and relevant legislative requirements, including WHS, at all times

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Identify regulatory and project documentation requirements

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Verify project reproductive and breeding program objectives

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Revise, review, maintain and update records according to institutional policies and procedures

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Monitor natural birth of transgenic offspring

  1. Identify signs of parturition
  2. Monitor birth and make decision to foster pups or leave with birth mother
  3. House and monitor mother and offspring to minimise stress to animals
Identify signs of parturition

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Monitor birth and make decision to foster pups or leave with birth mother

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House and monitor mother and offspring to minimise stress to animals

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Perform caesarean procedures

  1. Justify need for caesarean section and confirm AEC approval
  2. Prepare equipment, including personal protective equipment and medications
  3. Euthanase female by cervical dislocation or sedate and euthanase
  4. Conduct caesarean procedure
  5. Collect, identify, check and monitor pups
  6. Euthanase birth mother (if not previously) and dispose of carcass according to legislative requirements
Justify need for caesarean section and confirm AEC approval

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Prepare equipment, including personal protective equipment and medications

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Euthanase female by cervical dislocation or sedate and euthanase

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Conduct caesarean procedure

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Collect, identify, check and monitor pups

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Euthanase birth mother (if not previously) and dispose of carcass according to legislative requirements

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Foster pups onto clean mother

  1. Verify clean or dirty status of the mother and separate handling and treatment areas of each group according to biosecurity requirements
  2. Select and prepare foster mother prior to caesarean surgery of birth mother
  3. Select and prepare area for fostering to ensure minimal stress to foster mother and pups
  4. Allocate pups to foster mother and monitor bonding
Verify clean or dirty status of the mother and separate handling and treatment areas of each group according to biosecurity requirements

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Select and prepare foster mother prior to caesarean surgery of birth mother

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Select and prepare area for fostering to ensure minimal stress to foster mother and pups

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Allocate pups to foster mother and monitor bonding

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge