Breeding Management
Breeding:
For a per diem of $0.60/cage/day, the LARC Assistant Manager and Breeding Staff will cover the mouse breeding for the lab.
LARC Breeding Staff will:
- Keep detailed notes and records on patterns and results of breeding
- Watch animal health and age
- Provide extra nesting enrichment for breeder females
- Follow the standards laid out in the approved breeding protocol
- Pair and separate breeding set ups
- Wean litters and move them to the correct experimental room
- Separate weanlings by sex
- Complete phenotyping that must be done pre-weaning
- Consult with lab personnel to answer breeding questions
- Communicate with lab on upcoming weanlings
LARC Breeding Staff will not:
- Map out breeding colonies with complex genotypes
- Genotype litters
- Breed in a way that will increase animal stress, unless scientifically justified in the approved breeding protocol (i.e. monogamous breeding)
- Guarantee litters from any mice
- Be held responsible for small litters or random death of adults or pups
- Be held responsible for anything that is done with the animals after they have been moved to the experimental room
- Participate in any part of an experimental protocol
Additional Needs:
Additional needs may be considered on a per-protocol basis. Additional tasks may require additional costs; additional costs must be agreed upon by the PI, LARC Manager, and the Director of Research Administration Office (RAO).
Commonly used Links for Colony Management and Breeding
- Colony Management JAX
https://www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/customer-support/technical-support/breeding-and-husbandry-support/colony-planning# - General Husbandry tips JAX
https://www.jax.org/jax-mice-and-services/customer-support/technical-support/breeding-and-husbandry-support/general-husbandry-tips