Title: Breeding Technician Certification: LAT

Reports to: Assistant Project Manager/Module Supervisor

Works closely with Colony Management Supervisor/Breeding Specialist

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Production:

Responsible for all breeding and records for assigned project. These include Male Breeding Record, Female Breeding Record, Weight Sheets, Colony Management Reports, Retired Male Records, Euthanasia Records, Standing Order Forms, and ordering bar-coded cage cards (Granite System).
Setting up breeding pairs for timed mating
Checking for copulatory plugs (mice) and/or sperm positive smears (rats)
Ear punching for identification
Weighing of animals for gestation confirmation
Providing gestation specific dams
Separating of females for parturition
Sexing of animals (adults and newborns)
Providing foster dams (mice) for other colonies
Euthanasia
Monitor male and female breeding performance and make adjustments as needed
Have knowledge of other breeding colonies and provided coverage as needed
Animal husbandry for assigned colony as well as husbandry duties in additional rooms as assigned by module supervisor

Transgenic:

Selecting of breeding pairs in accordance with investigator direction and strain characteristics
Timed mating of breeding pairs to meet the needs of the research protocol
Animal identification (tattoo, ear punch)
Sexing
Separation of males and females for parturition as needed
Weaning
Anesthesia for tissue biopsy
Obtaining tissue biopsies for genotyping
Culling
Dismantling an retiring of breeding pairs
Fostering of litters as needed
Euthanasia
Record keeping. These include Master Breeding Records and breeding cage cards, Tail Biopsy Records, Weaning cage cards, various other temporary cage cards, USDA Reports and in some cases maintaining a computer database
Ordering bar-coded cage cards (Granite System)
Have knowledge of the other breeding colonies to ensure coverage as needed
Label cages for shipment per PI
Super ovulation per PI
Weighing of mice as needed for gestation oriented studies
Attending to special feeds as requested
Animal husbandry for assigned colony as well as husbandry duties in additional rooms as assigned by module supervisor
Participate in module project rotations as scheduled
Weekend animal health checks on a rotational basis as scheduled
Holiday breeding support on a rotational basis as scheduled
Additional duties as requested by supervisor

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $27.00 - $29.50 per hour

Benefits:

Work Location: In person

Priority One Services, Inc

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