Research Animal Training

Online Workshop: Updating Anaesthesia and Analgesia for Laboratory Rats and Mice
2026-04-30 - 2026-05-01
Dates: 30th April to 1st May 2026
Time: 13:45–17:00 (UK) each day
Format: Live, interactive sessions via Microsoft Teams
Cost: £200 / €240

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

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

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
