Rodent Behavior Skills

Issued by University of New England

Earners will learn the skills needed to perform basic rodent behavior techniques, making them a valuable asset in any pre-clinical research laboratory. Learned skills include: proper handling and care; restraint and systemic injections; maintaining an anesthetic level; blood collection and humane euthanasia. Once learned, the skills will be used in a student run experiment where we will cover, data input, basic graphing, statistical analysis and how to compile a final report.

Type Experience
Level Intermediate
Time Months

Skills

Earning Criteria

Students will be taught and required to demonstrate proper rodent behavior techniques. Once learned, they will conduct their own research experiment at the University of New England. Technique include: healthy observations & basic handling; restraint & systemic injections, maintaining an anesthetic level, blood collection and humane euthanasia.
The student will then set-up a basic study to assess locomotion in a rodent. Two different treatments will be administered and the amount of movement will be quantified. A 2-tailed t-test will be performed to determine if there is a significant difference between the treatment groups.
The skills learned and experimental results will be logically placed together into a power point presentation. This will serve as the final report and a way to express the data.
The badge will take 1 semester to complete. We will meet as a group (12 students per semester max will be accepted) on Wednesday afternoons from 1- 4 pm.
Pre-requisites: Student must complete CITI rodent laboratory trainings as well as required UNE Brightspace laboratory safety trainings.
Apply to be accepted into next semester's badge program.
If you have questions, please email: behaviorcore@une.edu