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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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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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