This module introduces the fundamentals of laboratory animal science and provides the compul-
sory skills to handle experimental animals and to conduct animal experiments responsibly.
You will learn:
- the essential legal regulations concerning animal welfare and to apply them to specific ex-
perimental situations. - the basic biology and specific needs of different laboratory animals
- important standard procedures for housing and breeding of laboratory animals
- the basics on animal health management and hygiene management
- species specific methods of handling and procedures
- to recognize pain distress and suffering in laboratory animals
- the basics on anaesthesia, pain relieving methods and killing
- the requirement of replacement, reduction and refinement (3R)
- to judge various ethical aspects of animal use in the laboratory
