FELASA Laboratory Animal Science Course on Primates

Course Content: The content of the FELASA accredited course is in accordance with the Education and Training Framework of the EU Directive 201/63/EU. It covers the functions A (Persons carrying out animal experiments) and B (Persons responsible for directing animal experiments) and the recent FELASA Guidelines.

Course structure:

E-Learning Activated from 10th April– 8th of May 2019
Content: National legislation; ethics, animal welfare and the 3Rs; basic and appropriate biology of primates; primate care, health and management; recognition of pain, suffering and distress in primates, humane methods of killing in lab animals
Platform: Our E-Learning is integrated in the www.las-interactive.de platform. Only course participants will be able to access respective contents
Online-Exam: Your participation in the e-learning will be controlled by an online multiple-choice exam

On-site course 13th – 17th May 2019
Location: German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Content: Primate Handling and Training (theory and practice*)
Minimally Invasive Procedures in Primate Research – Insights from Neurosciences, Infection Biology and Stem Cell Research (theory)
Measuring Behavior (theory and practice*)
Ethics, Animal Welfare and the 3Rs
Design of procedures and projects – Insights from Infection Biology and Neurosciences
Good laboratory practice
Biometry and Biostatistics in Laboratory Animal Science
Legal Issues and Responsibilities
On-site Exam: Multiple-choice exam

* note that due to legal requirements hands-on training involving live primates cannot be conducted

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