Surgical Program Registration Form
In addition to offering surgically modified animals, Harlan Laboratories is offering customers several surgical training courses including introductory, advanced and telemetry courses. These courses will cover both theoretical information and practical hands-on surgery as well as post-surgery handling & maintenance of the animals.
1. Introductory Course
In this course, you will learn about microsurgical instruments and suture techniques. After a demonstration, you will learn how to tie knots that hold and how to approach the structure of interest in your experimental model. On the second day, you will do a catheterization of the jugular and/or the femoral vein. It is of utmost importance to take special care of catheterized animals in order to prolong catheter patency. Flushing of the catheter, proper sampling of blood and locking of the catheter after use, will be discussed and practiced.
2. Advanced Course
This course builds on our Introductory Course and continues with basic information on anesthesia and peri-operative care of small laboratory rodents. The practical section of this course will focus on more advanced techniques such as the catheterization of the portal vein, the carotid artery and the bile duct.
3. Telemetry Course
This telemetry course, entitled "Basic course in radio- telemetry for monitoring small laboratory animals", will emphasize the hands-on learning of advanced implantation techniques. Attendees will implant BP and ECG transmitters in small laboratory animals. Use of the operating microscope and surgical instruments will be demonstrated and discussed. Instructors will cover small animal telemetry surgery techniques and the most recent approaches. Emphasis will be placed on learning practical skills and methods from experienced instructors. This course is given in close co-operation with Data Science International (DSI) and RaT B.V.
During all courses, we will provide information on practical items such as transport, housing and special care of surgically prepared animal models.
Please note that since each participant will have her/his own set-up during the entire course, consisting of an operation microscope and several surgical tools, the number of attendees per course is limited to a maximum of eight surgeons.
All courses are organized in the Netherlands. For a detailed overview or to register, please download the corresponding PDF: Surgical Program Registration Form
Please contact your local account manager with any questions, or email us at secr@harlan.com.