This involves the effective management of animal procurement and transportation; preventative medicine including quarantine, animal biosecurity, and surveillance); clinical disease, disability, or related health issues; protocol-associated disease, disability, and other sequelae; surgery and preoperative care; pain and distress; anesthesia and analgesia; and humane euthanasia. The Veterinary Assistant performs routine and specialized duties associated with animal care, including feeding, medicating, cleaning, restraining, and transportation of laboratory animals (i.e., mice, sheep, goat, swine, and fish), adhering to all local, state, federal, and University regulations, guidelines, and policies.