Lectures and seminars Webinar: “24 caring steps for refining in-vivo research and improving animal welfare”

26-02-2021 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Add to iCal
Online Zoom

This webinar will discuss important principles to make our animals happy and to carry out our in-vivo experiments successful.
The aim of these CPD (Continuing professional development) is to follow the legal requirements for maintenance and demonstration of competence in laboratory animal science, and to facilitate the implementations of the 3R’s in routine animal work.

“24 caring steps for refining in-vivo research and improving animal welfare”

Abstract

A pro-active approach towards refining husbandry and experimental procedures is critical to foster a culture of care. This implies scientists’ and institutional commitment to improve animal welfare, scientific quality, care of the staff and transparency for the stakeholders.

This webinar will discuss important principles to make our animals happy and to carry out our in-vivo experiments successful. Specific elements that will be discussed include:

Compliance

  1. Harm-benefit analysis
  2. Datasheets
  3. Peer-review
  4. Prepare and arrive
  5. Post approval compliance

Standards of care

  1. Acclimatisation
  2. Training
  3. Temperature
  4. Feed
  5. Pheromones
  6. Culture of care
  7. Enrichment
  8. Single housing, permanent mating

Internal validity

  1. Model: importance of the background
  2. Anaesthesia
  3. Analgesia
  4. Score sheet
  5. End points
  6. Perioperative care
  7. Anaesthesia safety
  8. Hygiene and asepsis
  9. Skills

Publishing

  1. Completeness of data
  2. Co-authorship

Speaker

Dr. Alessandra Bergadano, PD, DVM, Dr.Med.Vet., Dip.ECVAA, Dip. ECLAM, PhD, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Registration

Register here (by Feb 24).

Contact

E-mail: las-edu@km.ki.se