300050 Laboratory Animal Science

Detaljer
Ansvarligt institutInstitut for Veterinær Sygdomsbiologi

English TitleLaboratory Animal Science
Tidligst mulig placeringKandidat 1.år
VarighedUdenfor blokstruktur
 
Pointværdi7.5 (ECTS)
 
KursustypeKandidatkursus
 
EksamenSluteksamen

mundtlig eksamen


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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 eksamen80 % attendance
 
Rammer for UndervisningLectures, practicals, theoreticals, excursion. Handling and procedures will be trained on live animals. In week no. 2, 3 and 4 2012. Lectures are given as e-learning on Absalon and will be followed up by question/discussion sessions with a teacher.
 
BlokplaceringBlock 2
Ugestruktur: Outside schedule, Week 2, 3 an 4, January 2012
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Anbefalede forudsætningerBasic biological courses and statistics are essential preconditions.
 
Begrænset deltagerantal72
 
Kursusindhold
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
 
Studienævn
Studienævn V
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger25
teoretiske øvelser20
praktiske øvelser18
eksamen1
ekskursioner3
forberedelse131
kollokvier8

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