6th Small Laboratory Animals Handling Workshop

The “6^th Small Laboratory Animals Handling Workshop” was conducted on 30^th September 2026 at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences. The workshop was organized by The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and BMS Research Forum. The workshop comprised of a theoretical session followed by hands-on training of all participants on basics of laboratory mice and rats handling. Along with M.Phil and PhD students of KMU, participants from Bacha Khan Dental College and Gandhara University also attended the workshop.

The first session commenced with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by Mr. Farhan. Dr. Habiba Rashid, Assistant Professor-IBMS and Resource person for the workshop, welcomed the participants. She shed light on different aspects of laboratory animals handling, breeding, feed, maintenance and wellbeing. Dr. Amir Zaman, Assistant Professor Northwest Medical College, briefed the participants about different routes of drug administration in lab mice and rats.  Dr. Habiba Rashid discussed the importance of ethical treatment of laboratory animals and overview of relevant laws and regulations.

In the hands-on session Dr. Habiba Rashid and Dr. Muhammad Ikram (Assistant Professor, IPS) demonstrated different handling, restraining and drug administration techniques for mice and rats. Following which all the participants were allowed to perform handling.

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