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Supplemental Resources

Materials that will help you care for animals involved in research.

Lab Signs

Request Printed Materials from CLATR/OAW (UW NetID required).

These are print ready PDF signs, perfect for laminating and displaying in your lab.
Anatomy of a Syringe Syringe Needle Guage Chart
Tale Vein Injection Diagram Sexing Rodents Via Landmarks
Anatomy of a Syringe Diagram
Expired Do Not Use on Animals Label
Labels to be placed on containers.

Mouse Ethogram

We recommend referring to the definitions in the ethogram to better understand what you are you seeing in the videos provided.

Top Level Behaviors Defined

Videos of different Mouse Behaviors


Free and Downloadable Resources

Jackson Laboratory

PDF versions of each of these documents is available. A registration process is required, but the resources are worth it.

Charles River

Common Rodent Health Conditions Poster

Charles River Guidebook Series

  • A Guide to Modern Strategies for Infection Surveillance of Rodent Populations: Beyond Sentinels
  • Guidebook on Mouse and Rat Colony Management
  • Guidebook to Rodent Model Genetic Quality Control
  • Handbook of Clinical Signs in Rodents & Rabbits
  • A Guide to the Behavior & Enrichment of Laboratory Rodents

NC3Rs (National Center for the Replacement & Reduction of Animals in Research)

Colony management best practice

The Mouse Grimace Scale

The Rat Grimace Scale

The Rabbit Grimace Scale

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