Research methods
Biopsy Procedures for Molecular Genotyping of Rodents
Guidelines for Biopsy Procedures to Facilitate Identification and DNA-Based Molecular Genotyping of Rodents. http://www.emory.edu/IACUC/pdfs/BiopsyPolicy.pdf
Restraint, Injections and Blood Collection
Blood collection using the Saphenous Vein - a humane and practical alternative to cardiac and retro-orbital bleeding in the mouse, rat, hamster, gerbil, guinea pig, and ferret. Description of technique with slides.
www.uib.no/vivariet/mou_blood/Blood_coll_mice_.html
Bleeding and intravenous techniques in pigs - Description of techniques with slides.
http://oslovet.veths.no/teaching/pig/pigbleed/
Alternate method for restraining rats for subcutaneous, intra-muscular and intra-peritoneal injections (Camilla’s method) - description of technique with slides.
http://208.112.3.17/index-2.cfm?CFID=8923563&CFTOKEN=30537146
