Lean Six Sigma: Reducing Mouse Cage Sanitation Time by Dr David W. Brammer and Dr Jamison V. Kovach
The cage sanitation process for animals used in biomedical research can be labor-intensive.Procedures are described in this paper that resulted…
Reactivating Research During a Pandemic: the MSU Experience by Mr. Brian Jespersen
This presentation will review how MSU strategized the immense response needed to address to COVID-19 crisis, the plans developed to…
Homes for Animal Heroes: The truth has never felt so good! by Dr. Cindy Buckmaster
The Beagle Freedom Project (BFP) has been acquiring research dogs and using them as props to promote and fund a…
The Tree Shrew Life Picked Me! by Ms. Susan Freling
This seminar will take you on a journey through our world of working with the Northern Tree Shrew (Tupaia Belangeri).…
Going Beyond Compassion Fatigue by Ms. Julie Squires
Compassion fatigue is a normal consequence of working with and helping animals. We will inevitably witness them in pain and…
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine by Dr. David Brammer
The use of ventilated cages for housing rats and mice is a well-recognized method to prevent infectious diseases from spreading…
Updates on Rodent Thermoregulation: Is it Getting Hot in Here? by Dr. F. Claire Hankenson
Laboratory mice and rats have been shown to prefer temperatures that are several degrees warmer than the environments in which…
Bugs in the Mouse House-Expanding the Use of Arthropods in Biomedical Research by Dr. Bradley Ahrens
As the scientific community strives to reduce, refine, and replace animals used in research, there is an increasing demand to…
Challenges and Solutions for Laboratory Rodent Housing: presented by Dr. Joanna Makowska
What are rats and mice really like? What does it mean to provide laboratory rodents with a good life? The…