Tip - Laboratory Animal Technician | Bioscience Careers | About Bioscience

The biomedical research facility is one of the primary settings in which a laboratory animal technician works. Some of the technician’s typical duties include administering medications to lab animals orally or topically, preparing samples for laboratory examinations and recording information about an animal’s genealogy, diet, weight, medications, food intake and clinical signs of pain and distress. Some laboratory animal technicians, also called veterinary technologists, vaccinate newly admitted animals and occasionally are required to euthanize seriously ill, injured or unwanted animals.