Experimental methodologies in living animals

Duration

25h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Pierre Drion

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The use of laboratory animals as a way to perform research needs to be supported by a complete program explaining to the students the "how " and the "why".
The aim of this teaching is to prepare the students to think about various techniques they could use on lab. animals, taking into account their specificity and applying then a scientific approach as well as a complete respect of the animal welfare.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course addresses a critical need (and also legal) for students in biomedical knowledge about the living and the implementation of experimental techniques in laboratory animals.
Ahead of the legal training of 90 hours every researcher should follow in this context, this course will focus on concepts related to the use of animals in research. The goal is to enable students to apply knowledge rigorously respecting the animal.
It allows except legal reserves from the FPS Public Health, students in SBIM, right out of the Master 1, especially in combination with the ethics course (Bac 3) to work immediately (under the supervision of a Master of Experiment) on laboratory animals as animal Biotechnician.
An additional legal training should be followed to obtain the title of Master of Experience.

Contents:
Chapter I: History and nomenclature of lab animals
Chapter II: The lab animals
Chapter III: The autopsy and dissection
Chapter IV: Physiology of laboratory animals
Chapter V: Pathology of Laboratory Animal
Chapter VI: Basic techniques
Chapter VII: Additional Techniques
Chapter VIII: The anesthetized animals
Chapter IX: The analgesia in laboratory animals
Chapter X: The euthanasia of animals
Chapter XI: Surgical techniques in laboratory animals

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The practicals will be given in groups and in common with the parcticals given during the Cat C Felasa formation. Are also possible, some visits of animal facilities.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

All the slides are available on the MyULg site of the ULg

Recommended or required readings

All the slides are available on the MyULgsite of the ULg . Assistance to the lessons is required.

Assessment methods and criteria

The examination consists of open questions and QCM ones. The list of Q will be distributed along the years but is non exhaustive.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

pvdrion@ulg.ac.be