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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Försöksdjursvetenskap för utförare av djurförsök - primater |
|---|---|
| English title | Laboratory Animal Science for Researchers - Non-Human Primates |
| Course number | 2806 |
| 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 | 2014-09-03 |
| Purpose of the course | |
| Intended learning outcomes | After going through the modules online the student shall be able to: 1. Describe the requirements of Swedish legislation concerning scientific use of non-human primates. 2. Identify ethical issues in human-animal interaction, including replacement, reduction, refinement when non-human primates are used for scientific purposes. 3. Describe basic biology of non-human primates. 4. Describe normal behavior of non-human primates, handling, husbandry needs, and enrichment. 5. Recognize signs of discomfort, pain, suffering, and distress in non-human primates. 6. Describe methods of anaesthesia, analgesia, injections, sampling, and euthanasia for non-human primates. After completion of the course, including the practical demonstration at Astrid Fagraeus Laboratory, the student shall be able to perform experiments on non-human primates. |
| Contents of the course | The content of this course (a compulsory course for those carrying out experiments with non-human primates 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, basic biology, normal behavior of non-human primates, handling of animals, husbandry needs, and enrichment, signs of discomfort pain and suffering, different experimental 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 at Astrid Fagraeus Laboratory as a demonstration. |
| Teaching and learning activities | The course is divided into two parts. A theoretical part on the web (PingPong) and a practical part organized at Astrid Fagraeus Laboratory as a demonstration, where the student is to perform his/her research. Physical contacts with the animals and practical performance of the procedures is not allowed during the demonstration. |
| 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 enter Astrid Fagraeus Laboratory. |
| Examination | The examination of the theoretical part will be accomplished online. Each of the course modules will be individually accessed. For the practical part the student has to be present to the 4 hours demonstration to acquire species-specific knowledge. To pass the course, the student needs to pass both the theorectical and practical demonstration of the course. |
| Literature and other teaching material | Recommended literature (e-book at KIB) 1. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Third Edition: Essential Principles and Practices, Volume I. Jann Hau & Steven J. Shapiro. 2. Primates in Medical Research. Understanding Animal Research & Dr Bushmitz Moshe, http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/resources/document-library/ |
Course responsible |
Dude Gigliotti Komparativ medicin 0852486529 0707108436 Dude.Gigliotti@ki.se von Eulers väg 4a, plan 4 171 77 STOCKHOLM |
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