The Laboratory Animal Resource Center (LARC) supports the research programs of the faculty by providing all services associated with the care and use of laboratory animals including the purchasing/receiving, daily care and monitoring of the health of all species. Senior Animal Technician (SAT) duties may cover any species of animal and provide the same basic husbandry duties that would relate to the needs of that species. In addition to all of the duties assignable to an Animal Technician, the Senior Animal Technician (SAT), under general supervision, may be responsible to act as a section lead for a small group  of animal care personnel. Examples of various SAT duties include providing basic technical assistance to Animal Health Technicians, veterinary staff, enrichment staff, and participation in special projects as assigned.  SAT's may perform record keeping duties such as per-diems records, animal health surveillance, feed logs, temperature/humidity charts, animal receipt and disposition logs animal breeding and colony records, some animal health records, and similar documents. Some SAT's may be trained to participate in projects that require technical skill (e.g. design, construct, and coordinate animal enrichment, breeding and colony management, quarantine procedures, administer treatments, and perform paraveterinary procedures).  The SAT may be assigned to perform some basic technical duties as well as data entry required for the management of mouse breeding colonies and other species as assigned. The Senior Animal Technician works with general supervision and may be rotated as a floater to various LARC locations to provide technical or back-up assistance on an as needed basis.