IACUC Learning Module - Swine

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Pig Module

To allow greater flexibility for research staff, the Department of University Animal Care has prepared this "self-instruction" module in Pigs. Please read the following general information, and complete the quiz. In order to become certified you must receive an 85% or better. If you have questions, call Certification Coordinator at 621-3931.

Table of Contents

• PIGS IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
• PIGS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
• REGULATORY STANDARDS
  • Summary : Standards to Follow for Pigs Kept at the University of Arizona
• OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES
• ZOONOTIC DISEASE PREVENTION
  • STEPS TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION FROM PIGS TO MAN
    • ALLERGIC SENSITIVITIES
    • Balantidium coli
    • BRUCELLOSIS
    • CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS
    • COCCIDIOSIS
    • COLIBACILLOISIS
    • ERYSIPELAS
    • LEPTOSPIROSIS
    • SALMONELLOSIS
    • TAPEWORM
    • TRICHINOSIS
    • TUBERCULOSIS (TB) or MYCOBACTERIOSIS
    • EXTERNAL PARASITES
    • SARCOPTIC MANGE
    • PEDICULOSIS (louse infestation)
• SPECIES INFORMATION -PIGS
  • SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
  • SIGNS of ILLNESS
  • WARNINGS to HANDLERS
• HANDLING TECHNIQUES
  • RESTRAINT and the RISKS of HANDLING STRESS
  • IDENTIFICATION
  • HOUSING and HUSBANDRY CONCERNS
• ANIMAL HEALTH CONCERNS
  • MATING, GESTATION and PARTURITION
  • MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA
  • ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
  • ANESTHESIA
    • ANESTHESIA APPENDIX
  • ADMINISTRATION of MEDICATIONS
  • BLOOD COLLECTION
  • EUTHANASIA and DISPOSAL of BODY
    • VITAL STATISTICS
• REFERENCES

• Pig Quiz and Evaluation

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