Additional on-demand training courses are available for other procedures and can be requested by contacting train.acs@ubc.ca.
These include (for rats and mice):
*Training procedures using other species can also be organized.
- Blood sampling methods (microsampling, saphenous, tail vein, intracardiac, vena cava, facial vein, retro orbital)
- Intubation/ventilation
- Tissue collection (identification of the correct anatomical position and recognition of the tissue to be collected as well as the best way to remove the tissue)
- Cervical dislocation
- Decapitation
- Suturing (basic and more advanced patterns)
- Surgical model refinement/training
- Intratracheal/intranasal administration
- Intradermal/foot pad injections
- Intramuscular injections
- Tail vein catheterization
- Transcardiac perfusions
- Other procedures based on requirements of the research
These courses can be run “one-on-one” or in lab groups depending on the equipment required.
The fee for additional procedures training is $20 per person per course.