Inclusion and use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

SOPs may be used to complement an AEC application form.   Each SOP must be cited in the relevant section on the application form and must include its number and title, for example:
        

SOP AHP 62  Pithing Toads
 

NOTE: ANY variation in technique from an approved SOP, must be stated in the application and the variation described in full.

Animal Handling Procedures (AHP)

• AHP 50 Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test (IVGTT) in mice
• AHP 51 Infection and monitoring of mice with the fungal pathogen Candida spp
• AHP 52 Skin grafting of rodents
• AHP 53 Inoculation of neonatal mice with Pneumonia Virus (PVM)
  
• AHP 54 Transplantation of haematopoietic stem cells into lethally-irradiated mice
• AHP 55 Insertion of a micro-osmotic pump in mice 
• AHP 56 Fluorescent/bioluminescence imaging of live rodents
• AHP 57 Temperature probe insertion and temperature measurement in pigs
• AHP 58 Creation od deep dermal partial thickness burn injury in pigs
• AHP 59 Generation of a fibrotic mouse model using bleomycin
• AHP 60 Maintenance of a Rumenal Cannula
• AHP 61 Small Animal Health Monitoring (Sentinel mice)
• AHP 62 Pithing Toads
• AHP 63 Rederivation Caesarian Section Rodents
• AHP 64 Rederivation Hysterectomy Rodents
• AHP 65 Cryopreservation of Mouse Sperm
• AHP 66 Collection and storage of embryos in rodents
• AHP 67 Superovulation of Laboratory Mice
• AHP 68a NOD-SCID ALL Model - Adoptive Immunotherapy of Leukaemia - Interleukin 2
• AHP 68b NOD-SCID ALL Model  - Adoptive Immunotherapy of Leukaemia - Antigen Presenting Cells
• AHP 69 NOD-SCID ALL Model  - Expansion of Xenograft for production of Tumour Lysate
• AHP 70 Hu-(NOD-)SCID Mouse Model of GVHD
• AHP 71 HSCT Models
• AHP 72 Uninephrectomy in the Rodent
• AHP 73a Transcardial Perfusion in the Mouse
• AHP 73b Transcardial Perfusion in the Rat
• AHP 74 Intracerebroventricular Cannula (IVC) Implantation
• AHP 75 Serial CSF Collection from IVC in Rats
• AHP 76 Serial Plasma Collection from Jugular Vein Cannula (JVC) in Rats
• AHP 77 Hu-(NOD)-SCID Mouse Model of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
• AHP 78 Ultrasound Biomicroscopy to identify Microinjected Mouse Embryos
• AHP 79 Embryonic Microinjection, in utero Electroporation, and Embryo Marking under Ultrasound Biomicroscopy guidance
• AHP 80 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in live Mice
• AHP 81 Immunisation of mice and rats to generate antibodies
• AHP 82 Injection of Dendritic Cells into Mice
• AHP 83 Intravenous Injection of T Cells into Mice
• AHP 84 Induction of Arthritis in SKG mice using Curdlan
• AHP 85 Liver Biopsy in Cattle
• AHP 86 Anaesthesia and Multiphoton Miroscope Imaging of Rodents
• AHP 87 Induction of colitis in Mice
• AHP 88 Intestinal Permeability Assay in Mice
• AHP 89 Induction of Laminitis in Horses by Alimetary Dosing with Oligofructose Carbohydrate
• AHP 90 Hypothermia (cryotherapy) of the Distal Limb in Horses
• AHP 91 Induction of laminitis in horses using the euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic clamp technique