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Swedish title Försöksdjursvetenskap för utförare av djurförsök - smågnagare och lagomorfa
English title Laboratory Animal Science for Researchers - Rodents and Lagomorphs
Course number 2646
Credits 3.0
Notes A Laboratory Animal Science course.

Responsible KI department Komparativ medicin
Specific entry requirements Bachelor's degree or professional qualification worth at least 180 hp or ECTS credits in biomedicine, biotechnology, cellular and molecular biology, medicine or equivalent.
Grading Passed /Not passed
Established by The Board of Doctoral Education
Established 2012-08-21
Purpose of the course
Intended learning outcomes After going through the modules on line the student shall be able to:

1. Describe the requirements of Swedish legislation concerning scientific use of animals.

2. Identify ethical issues in human-animal interaction, including replacement, reduction, refinement, and humane endpoints when animals are used for scientific purposes.

3. Describe species-specific basic biology (anatomy, physiology, nutrition), breeding and genetics including the basis of genetically modified mice.

4. Describe normal behavior of rodents and lagomorphs, handling, husbandry needs, and enrichment.

5. Recognize signs of discomfort, pain, suffering, and distress in rodents and lagomorphs.

6. Describe methods of anaesthesia, analgesia, pain relief, injections, sampling, and euthanasia for rodents and lagomorphs.

7. Describe the basis of disease control with respect to rodents and lagomorphs and how to implement hygiene in animal housing and experimental work.

After accomplishing the practical part of the course in a research animal facility the student shall be able to handle, restrain, perform injections and euthanize in the appropriate species-specific way.
Contents of the course The content of this course (a compulsory course for those carrying out experiments with rodents and lagomorphs without previous qualification) is composed to enable the participants to comply with the Swedish Legislation (New EU-Directive 2010/63) regarding the use of animals for scientific purposes. It contains web-based lectures on the requirements of Swedish legislation concerning scientific use of animals, ethical issues, species-specific basic biology, normal behavior of rodents and lagomorphs, handling of animals, husbandry needs, and enrichment, signs of discomfort pain and suffering in rodents and lagomorphs, different methodologies, the basis of disease control and how to implement hygiene in animal housing and experimental work. The students will accomplish the practical part of the course in an animal facility.
Teaching and learning activities The course is divided into two parts. A theoretical part on the web (PingPong) and a practical part organized at the animal house facility where the student is to perform his/her research.
Compulsory elements Both the theoretical and practical parts of the course are compulsory. The student will need to pass the theoretical part of the course before he/she can begin the practical part.
Examination The examination of the theoretical part will be accomplished online. Each of the course modules will be individually accessed. A final examination will take place after the last module on the web. For the practical part the student has to acquire species-specific knowledge on handling, restraining, injection techniques and euthanasia.The examination of the practical part will be performed upon individual agreement in a animal house research facility. To pass the course, the student needs to pass both the theorectical and practical modules of the course.
Literature and other teaching material Recommended literature (e-book at KIB)
Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Third Edition: Essential Principles and Practices, Volume I. Jann Hau & Steven J. Shapiro.
Course responsible Rafael Frias
Komparativ medicin
085246660

rafael.frias@ki.se

Contact person Malin Kele
Institutionen för neurovetenskap


Malin.Kele@ki.se