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Time: 13:45–17:00 (UK) each day
Cost: £200 / €240
From the organizers:
Refine Your Practice with the Latest Insights
Despite decades of research, anaesthesia and analgesia protocols for laboratory rodents continue to rely heavily on just two main approaches—ketamine/xylazine and isoflurane. Meanwhile, post-operative pain management remains inconsistent, with many protocols still falling short of best practice.
This online workshop is designed for laboratory animal professionals who already have some experience with rodent anaesthesia and want to deepen their understanding, refine current protocols, and explore the latest developments in multimodal pain relief.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for:
- Researchers and technical staff with several years’ experience in rodent anaesthesia
- Laboratory animal veterinarians looking to update or enhance their current protocols
If you’re new to anaesthesia in laboratory animals, we recommend completing our main anaesthesia workshop first. A short e-learning refresher will be provided in advance to help you prepare.
What to Expect
This highly interactive two-day workshop will:
- Encourage you to reflect on your current protocols
- Highlight immediately applicable refinements
- Provide a forward-looking view of new options and innovations
- Facilitate knowledge-sharing through live discussions and a dedicated group forum
Time Commitment
- Pre-workshop preparation: 4–8 hours of online self-study materials
- Live sessions: Two half-day webinars (via Microsoft Teams)
- Workshop Programme
Day 1 – Monday 15th September 2025
- 13:45–14:15 | Anaesthesia and analgesia – what are we doing now?
- 14:15–15:00 | Balanced anaesthesia – what are our options?
- 15:15–15:45 | Monitoring devices – what’s worthwhile and when?
- 15:45–16:45 | Troubleshooting protocols – putting good practice into our practice
- 16:45–17:00 | Group Discussion
Day 2 – Tuesday 16th September 2025
- 13:45–14:30 | Multimodal analgesia – what drugs, what route, what dose rates?
- 14:30–15:15 | Focus on local anaesthetics – why, how and how safe?
- 15:30–16:15 | Mice, NSAIDs and non-opioid alternatives
- 16:15–16:45 | What else could we be trying?
- 16:45–17:00 | Final discussion and wrap-up