Laboratory Animal Science, Immunology and Inflammation

After completing the course the student is expected to:

Knowledge

• understand that animal experimentation is complicated and requires current training to secure the well-being of the animals and the scientific outcome 
• explain the biological basis of laboratory animal breeding and maintenance, housing and management including basic genetics and reproduction, health monitoring, housing and handling (pre-, intra and post-procedural)
• explain the legal basis for animal experimentation 
• explain and critically evaluate the scientific methods applied within animal experimentation including blood sampling, injections, principles for drug-development and testing, anesthesia and analgesia and evaluation of pain -and stress related behaviour in laboratory animals 
• discuss the basic biology of laboratory animals including behavioural and physiological needs
• explain and critically evaluate basic knowledge relating to design and evaluation of studies using live animals

Skills

• organize self-training on handling and procedures in the most common laboratory animals 
• discuss and evaluate the basic principles on how to use animals for research 
• discuss and evaluate principles of procedures on their future experiments 
• discuss, evaluate and argue about the ethical basis for the use of animals for research 

Competencies 

• Independently take responsibility to implement and further develop practical skills in handling of common rodents used for research
• independently take responsibility to implement and further develop practical skills in the performance basic animal experiments 
• achieve a personal license to independently plan, implement and take responsibility for the design and performance of animal experimentation within the European Union according to the EU Directive 2010/63/EU Article 23.2 and the Danish executive order 1065 of 25/09/2024 §55.