Morning Wet Lab – Vanderbilt University
Wet Lab - In-person/live
Basic swine laparoscopy and endovascular interventions paired with an introduction to stereotaxic, intrathecal surgery, and vascular catheterization in the rat
Time: 8:00 am
Duration: 240 minutes
Topics: anesthesia, intrathecal injection, laparoscopic, rat, rodent, surgical technique, swine, vascular catheterization
Afternoon Wet Lab – Vanderbilt University
Wet Lab - In-person/live
Intermediate swine procedures and rat microsurgery and catheterization techniques
Time: 12:00 pm
Duration: 240 minutes
Topics: anesthesia, intrathecal injection, laparoscopic, rat, rodent, surgical technique, swine, vascular catheterization
Curious George Goes to The Podium
Panel Discussion - In-person/live
Nose Cone vs Intubated Ventilation During Open Chest Surgery in Rats – Nina Krutrök, AstraZeneca The aim of this study was to investigate if nose cone ventilation is comparable to endotracheal intubation. The latter is the most common approach for air delivery to rats undergoing open chest surgery for cardiovascular research during for example induction of myocardial infarction or epicardial injections. This method of air delivery is technically challenging leading to prolonged procedures and increased risk of endotracheal complications such as laryngeal damage and laryngeal edema, oral pharyngeal and/or tracheal laceration due to multiple intubation attempts. Nose cone ventilation is a […]
Time: 2:00 pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Topics: analgesia, anesthesia, intubation, NHP, rat, rodent, surgical technique, telemetry
Anesthetic and Surgical Considerations for Liver Bleeding Assessment Models – Part I
Symposia - In-person/live
Speaker – Stephanie Vaughan Labcorp Early Development
Time: 3:00 pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Topics: anesthesia, blood flow, liver biopsies, microsurgical techniques, surgical technique
Anesthetic and Surgical Considerations for Liver Bleeding Assessment Models – Part II
Symposia - In-person/live
Speaker – Stephanie Vaughan Labcorp Early Development
Time: 3:30 pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Topics: anesthesia, blood flow, liver biopsies, microsurgical techniques, surgical technique
Fear of Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs (NMBD’s)? Let It Go, Let It Go? From Poison Arrows to Modern Day Paralytic Anesthesia
Keynote - In-person/live
Keynote Speaker – Dr. Scott Adrian, DVM Principal Veterinarian – Charles River Laboratories, Safety Assessment Mattawan, MI For decades, the words “paralytics and neuromuscular blocking drugs” have stricken fear into hearts of IACUCs and animal researchers alike. As if just uttering the words would immediately summon the “demons of a regulatory inspection”. Obviously, these fears have a basis in legitimate animal welfare concerns, and an animal should never be unjustifiably subjected to pain, distress, or discomfort without analgesic compensation and the ability to communicate that suffering should our mitigation efforts prove inadequate. Besides the significant physiologic and anesthetic properties that […]