| Department of Veterinary Pathobiology | |||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | Post experience Master´s Programme | ||||||||||
| Duration | Outside schedule | ||||||||||
| Credits | 3 (ECTS) | ||||||||||
| Course Level | Post experience masters programme Module 1B, Master Programme in Laboratory Animal Science | ||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Practical Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Home work report pass/fail, internal examiner | ||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Teaching will take place at the University of Helsinki | ||||||||||
| Block Placement | Outside schedule Week Structure: Outside schedule, Spring semester in even years | ||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||
| The participant will after the course fulfill qualifications within animal models needed for qualification within animal experimentation on FELASA catgory D level | |||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||
| Animal Models of Parkinson's disease, pain, congenital disorders, memory, addiction, cancer, depression, allergy, infection, organ development, hypertension, atherosclerosis and transplantation models. Behavioural profiling of genetically modified mice. | |||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||
| Lectures, demonstrations and practical exercises | |||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||
| The participant will understand principles for using animals as models for human diseases, will have a knowledge of various types of animal models, and will be able to reflect over the predictability of a specific animal model. | |||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||
| Hau J. & G. L. Van Hoosier, Jr. (eds.): Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science. Vol. 2 and 3. 2nd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2003. | |||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||
| Axel Kornerup Hansen, akh@life.ku.dk, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology/Section for Biomedicine, Phone: 35332726 | |||||||||||
| Attendance Fee | |||||||||||
| DKK 7.000,- | |||||||||||
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