Animal Nurture Technician
- Employer
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Salary
- 3000 to 9000 AED
- Closing date
- 21 Sep 2019
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- Academic Discipline
- Life sciences, Veterinary Science
- Job Type
- Professional Services, Other Professional Services
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Job Description
The overall Objective of the Position: Responsible for the care and welfare of laboratory animals used in scientific and medical research and maintain breeding programs to fulfil the research needs
General Tasks
- Recognize animal behavior and symptoms that indicate an illness or accident and report that to the veterinarian.
- Ensure all the animals have adequate amount of feed & water.
- Monitor the environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, ventilation and lighting) in the animal rooms and report immediately in case of any variations
- Recognize animal behavior and symptoms that indicate an illness or accident and report that to the veterinarian.
- Record any deaths and dispose the carcasses according to the health protocols
- Maintain sanitation standards for animal rooms, pens and cages
- Operate Autoclaving equipment to sterile cages, lids, bottles, bedding and water
- Provide enough clean cages with fresh bedding for daily usage
- Transfer animals with a proper handling from dirty cages to clean cages (Bedding changing)
- Dispose waste bedding safely
- Receives animals into facility and placing animal into quarantine area
- Check the inventory of the feed, fresh bedding and cleaning detergents to ensure sufficient amount for daily usage
Specialized Tasks Daily Usage of Animals :
- Prepare the experimental animals as requested by the researchers according to the species, sex, weight and age.
- Record and report the daily usage of animals by the researchers
- Monitor the activities and the experimental procedures done on the animals by researchers and report any inhumane or unethical procedures to the Veterinary doctor.
Weekly Duties (Breeding) :
- Maintains breeding colonies of various animals, for example:
- Wistar rats
- C57BL/6 mice
- Balb/c mice
- Knock out mice
- Rabbits
- Check for pregnant animals and record the date of birth for the newborns
- Weaning of newborns and group them according to sex, age and weight.
- Maintain labeling system to identify different species
- Select new pairs of animals to refresh the breeding cages
- Identify and isolate weak animals to be euthanized after been checked by the veterinarian doctor
- Monitor and control the population of the animal colonies according to assigned space
Minimum Qualification
- Diploma/B.Sc. with Appropriate Experience
Preferred Qualification
- As above
Expected Skills/Rank/Experience
- Knowledge in proper animal handling
- Knowledge in Laboratory techniques
- Knowledge in Hematology, Serology & Microbiology
Division College of Medicine&Health Sciences
Department Pharmacology - (CMHS)
Job Close Date open until filled
Job Category Staff
Salary 3000 to 9000 AED
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