"Making Laboratory Animal Care More Science-Friendly" on 10/8

Part of the Center for Animals and Public Policy’s Fall 2014 Animal Matters Seminar Series.

Making Laboratory Animal Care More Science-Friendly, October 8, 2014, noon-1pm in the Varis Lecture Hall at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton.

Speaker: Steven M. Niemi, DVM, DACLAM, Director, Office of Animal Resources, Harvard University and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.

Steven M. Niemi, DVM, DACLAM will argue for a new paradigm for lab animal care because the current model is obsolete; as experimental endpoints become more complex and subtle, the usual practice of one-size-fits-all for animal housing and husbandry needs to be replaced with flexibility customized to individual investigators’ needs while still affordable and in compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

Members of the public are invited to this free seminar. Joining remotely is possible - see website for details.

Contact: Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy 508-839-7991, capp@tufts.edu, web site: http://vet.tufts.edu/capp/animal_matters/

Printable pdf here: http://vet.tufts.edu/capp/resources/20141008.pdf