Engineering:Animal technology

From HandWiki
Short description: Professional field

Animal technology refers to the practices of keeping, breeding and providing care for animals that are used for scientific purposes, such as captive in a laboratory. Animal technology is one of the recognized professional areas held by registered science technicians, and animal technologists, also called animal technicians, play a key role in supporting biomedical research by ensuring that animals are available for study.[1] Principal areas of animal technology include animal husbandry and breeding, providing day-to-day care for laboratory animals, ensuring compliance with animal welfare practices and legal issues and performing essential scientific procedures.[2][3] Technical qualifications for animal technologists and the regulations they must adhere to vary by country, but in many parts of the world animal technology is a highly structured profession that forms part of laboratory management.[4][5][6] Animal technology is related to the field of animal management and technologists are often specialize in working with particular species of animals, either in the laboratory or in the field.[7]

See also

References

  1. Barnnett, Stephen (2001). Introduction to Animal Technology. London: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0632055944. 
  2. Barnett, Stephen (2007). Manual of Animal Technology. London: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-0632055937. 
  3. Greenhough, Beth; Roe, Emma (10 August 2017). "Exploring the Role of Animal Technologists in Implementing the 3Rs: An Ethnographic Investigation of the UK University Sector". Science, Technology, & Human Values 43: 694–722. doi:10.1177/0162243917718066. PMID 30008494. 
  4. "Animal technician / Animal Technologist". https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/animal-technician. 
  5. "Careers Guide: Animal Technician". https://www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/careers-guide/animal-technician. 
  6. "Laboratory Animal Technician". https://www.zippia.com/laboratory-animal-technician-jobs/. 
  7. Romick, Molly; Chavez, Javier; Bishop, Bruce (1 November 2006). "An interdisciplinary performance-based approach to training laboratory animal technicians". Lab Animal 35 (10): 35–39. doi:10.1038/laban1106-35. PMID 17077833.