| Ansvarligt institut | Institut for Veterinær Sygdomsbiologi | ||||||||||||||||||
| English Title | Laboratory Animal Science | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Kandidat 1.år | ||||||||||||||||||
| Varighed | Udenfor blokstruktur | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen mundtlig eksamen uden hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: During 20 minutes the student will have to reply on a theoretical question as well as discuss and eventually show events from one of the practicals or theoreticals bestået/ikke bestået, intern censur | ||||||||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | 80 % attendance | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rammer for Undervisning | Lectures, practicals, theoreticals, excursion. Handling and procedures will be trained on live animals. In week no. 2, 3 and 4 2011. Lectures are given as e-learning on Absalon and will be followed up by question/discussion sessions with a teacher. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 2 Ugestruktur: Outside schedule, Week 2, 3 an 4, January 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | Basic biological courses and statistics are essential preconditions. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Begrænset deltagerantal | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The course includes the following topics: Ethical, welfare, and legislative aspects of using animals for research; biology, husbandry, genetics, breeding, transgenesis, anaesthesia and analgesia of laboratory animals, experimental procedures, alternatives to animal use and analysis of relevant scientific literature. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lectures and theoretical case work will be placed as e-learning on Absalon and followed up by question/discussion sessions with a teacher, while handling and experimental techniques will be practiced on live animals. Institutions using laboratory animals will be visited. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 and it is accredited by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations as well as the Ministry of Justice under the Danish Givernment. The course gives as practical and theoretic introduction to handling, housing and using laboratory animals and how to replace, refine and reduce the use of live animals for research. Having completed the course it is expected that the student has the following: Knowledge The student knows - that animal experimentation is complicated and requires current training to secure the well-being of the animals and the scientific outcome - the biological basis of laboratory animal breeding and maintenance including basic genetics and reproduction, health monitoring and protection, animal welfare - the legal basis for animal experimentation - the scientific methods applied within animal experimentation Skills The student is able to - do self training on handling and procedures in the most common laboratory animals - explain the basic principles on how to use animals for research - apply principles of procedures on their future experiments - reflect over the ethical basis for the use of animals for research Competencies The student is able to - perform basic handling of common rodents and pigs when used for research - perform basic animal experiments - achieve a personal license to do so within the European Union according to guidelines for category C education issued by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Associations | |||||||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hau, J. & van Hoosier, G: Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, 2nd ed., Vol. 1, CRC Press, Roca Raton, 2002. A list with all theoretical questions for the exam will be placed on Absalon. Exercise manual for Laboratory Animal Science (will be placed on Absalon). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dorte Bratbo Sørensen, dobj@life.ku.dk, Institut for Veterinær Sygdomsbiologi/Biomedicin, Tlf: 353-32724 | |||||||||||||||||||
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