| Department of Veterinary Pathobiology | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | oral examination No aid allowed Description of Examination: pass/fail, internal examiner Oral examination and evaluation of participation (80%) | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | |||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | 3-week course January | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 103200 Anatomy 103308 Veterinary Physiology 103400 Population Biology 103700 Infection Microbiology Anatomy, Veterinary Physiology, Population Biology, Infection Microbiology and Basic Courses in Science | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||
| To introduce the student to using, handling and maintaining laboratory animals in theory and practice. The course is a category C course in accordance with the European Council's convention ETS 123 and the Councils Resolution on Education and Training of Persons Working with Laboratory Animals from December 3, 1993. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||
| The course includes the following topics: Ethical aspects and legislation, biology and husbandry of laboratory animals, genetics/breeding (incl.transgenic animals), microbiology and disease, design og animal experiments, anaesthesia/analgesia, experimental procedures, alternatives to animal use and analysis of relevant scientific literature. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The theory will be given as lectures, while handling and experimental techniques will be practiced on live animals. Institutions using laboratory animals will be visited. Design, evaluation and ethics of animal experiments will be trained during exercises. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||
| Svendsen, P. & Hau, J.: Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Vol. 1, CRC Press, Roca Raton. Hansen, A.K.: Exercises, Laboratory Animal Science. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Axel Kornerup Hansen, akh@life.ku.dk, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology/Section for Biomedicine, Phone: 35332726 | |||||||||||||||
| Study Board | |||||||||||||||
| Study Committee V | |||||||||||||||
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