Нормативы по обслуживанию лабораторных животных в питомниках зоолаборантами

Abstract

The foundation of all research using laboratory animals is to meet the basic needs of any living organism. The personnel responsible for the life support of laboratory animals belongs to category “A”. The purpose of our research was to create an approach for rationing the working day of zoo laboratory laboratory animals. Based on the goal, the following tasks were set: To characterize the work tasks of zoolaborants depending on the type of laboratory animals being serviced. Determine the time of manipulations performed by zoolaborants. Establish standards for the maintenance of laboratory animals for 1 employee for 1 work shift. As a result of the study, the main work tasks of zoo assistants serving mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, dwarf pigs, ferrets, cats, dogs, Javanese macaques and common igrunks were characterized. Differences in labor tasks have been established depending on the type of maintenance of laboratory animals (cages or boxes). When servicing rodents, rabbits and ferrets contained in cages that require replacement, the work tasks of zoolaborants are divided into: preparation of clean cells for replacement, cell replacement, feeding, watering, cleaning/general cleaning and disinfection. When servicing cats, dogs, dwarf pigs that are kept in boxes, labor tasks are cleaning the box, feeding and watering. For primates (Javanese macaques and common monkeys) kept in stationary cages that do not require cell replacement, the work tasks of zoo laboratory assistants are cleaning the cage, feeding and wate­ring. The average execution time of each labor task by a zoolaborant has been established, depending on the type of laboratory animals served. The standards of service of animals for 1 employee for 1 work shift are calcula­ted. The data obtained make it possible to plan the number of zoolaborants and the production rate depending on the type and number of animals served. Together, the above factors can influence the formation of calculations of the full-time (normative) number of employees involved in the maintenance of laboratory animals when crea­ting a nursery or when introducing a new type of test systems.