| Inst. for Sygdomsbiologi | |||||||||||||||
| English title | Laboratory Animal Pathology and Health | ||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Master udd. (efteruddannelse) | ||||||||||||||
| Varighed | Udenfor blokstruktur | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 4 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Master udd. (efteruddannelse) Module 3A, Master Programme in Laboratory Animal Science | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen Alle hjælpemidler tilladt Beskrivelse af eksamen: The examination is an online written examination on 4 hours. Questions are presented on a precise time and answers must be returned at a deadline four hours later. The participant can take the exam at any place. 7-trinsskala, ekstern censur | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | |||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||
| The course covers laboratory animal diseases, health problems and health monitoring. | |||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||
| Most theory will be covered by self study, but it will be supported by two days of theoretical and practical teaching, and 10 sets of weekly on-line exercises. | |||||||||||||||
| Målbeskrivelse | |||||||||||||||
| The course covers laboratory animal pathology and health needed for qualification within animal experimentation on FELASA category D level Having finished the course the student will have the following: Knowledge The student knows - important laboratory animal diseases - principles of health monitoring in laboratory animal colonies Skills The student can - descripe microscopic and macroscopic pathology of laboratory animals - diagnose relevant pathological conditions in laboratory animals - understand laboratory animal health reports Competencies The student can - take responsibility for protecting the health of animals for experiments | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| o Fox J, Anderson LC, Loew FM, Quimby FW: Laboratory Animal Medicine, Academic Press 2002, chapters 3-20, 25-26 o Hedrich HJ & Bullock G: The Laboratory Mouse, Elsevier/Academic Press, 2004/2006, chapters 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,17, 20, 27,30 o Suckow MA, Weisbroth S, Franklin CL: The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition, Elsevier/Academic Press, 2005, chapter 20 o FELASA Guidelines for health monitoring of rodents/rabbits, primates, cats/dogs/pigs, small ruminants and for accreditation of laboratories. Will be available as PDF on Campusnet. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Axel Kornerup Hansen, akh@life.ku.dk, Institut for Veterinær Patobiologi/Faggruppen for Biomedicin, Tlf: 35332726 | |||||||||||||||
| Deltagerbetaling | |||||||||||||||
| 9100 kr | |||||||||||||||
| Studienævn | |||||||||||||||
| Studienævn MSN (Master, diplom) | |||||||||||||||
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