Animal technology

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 and Human Values. Sage. 43: 694–722 – via Sage Journals.
  4. "Animal technician / Animal Technologist". National Careers Service. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. "Careers Guide: Animal Technician". Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. "Laboratory Animal Technician". Zippa. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. Romick, Molly; Chavez, Javier; Bishop, Bruce (1 November 2006). "An interdisciplinary performance-based approach to training laboratory animal technicians". Lab Animal. 35: 35–39 – via Nature.
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