PUBLICATION
Preparing for a Semiannual IACUC Inspection of a Satellite Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Facility
- Authors
- Koerber, A.S., and Kalishman, J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090302-29
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS 48(1): 65-75 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Koerber, Amy
- Keywords
- GAC, GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON, IACUC, INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE, MS222, 3-AMINOBENZOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER (TRICAINE), RO, REVERSE OSMOSIS, SOP, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, SPF, SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE
- MeSH Terms
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- Animal Care Committees*
- Animal Husbandry/legislation & jurisprudence
- Animal Husbandry/standards*
- Animal Welfare/legislation & jurisprudence
- Animal Welfare/standards*
- Animals
- Animals, Laboratory
- Cooperative Behavior
- Female
- Laboratory Animal Science/legislation & jurisprudence
- Laboratory Animal Science/standards*
- Male
- Records
- Zebrafish/physiology*
- PubMed
- 19245754
Citation
Koerber, A.S., and Kalishman, J. (2009) Preparing for a Semiannual IACUC Inspection of a Satellite Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Facility. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS. 48(1):65-75.
Abstract
Institutions worldwide have experienced a rapid growth in the use of zebrafish as a research model for a variety of molecular and genetic studies of vertebrate development. This expansion in zebrafish research essentially has outpaced the establishment of specific recommendations for the care and use of fish in research. In some cases, this situation has created a dilemma where an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, which is responsible for oversight of vertebrate animal research, is not fully prepared to undertake this role for a decentralized zebrafish facility. IACUC inspectors will be more equipped to ask pertinent questions by understanding the basic principles of zebrafish health and facility management. Concurrently, zebrafish facility managers can contribute to the progress of a semiannual facility inspection by maintaining fully accessible operating records. In the context of presenting a well-established and useful model of zebrafish management and recordkeeping to the zebrafish facility operator, the information we present here also prepares a potential IACUC inspector to conduct a constructive and positive inspection.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping