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Pain Management in Animal Research: Ethical and Practical Aspects
This course covers ethical, theoretical and practical aspects of pain and pain relief in animal experimentation.
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Procedures on animals for scientific purposes may cause discomfort, distress, pain or lasting harm to the animals. From an ethical point of view, this is highly problematic. With regards to animal welfare, the experimenter is therefore obliged to avoid pain in experimental animals or reduce it as much as possible. This is in accordance with the basic ethical principles for animal research, the principles of the 3Rs, where "Refinement" prescribes that animal experiments must always be carried out in the most lenient possible way, amongst other methods by avoiding or reducing pain.
Hence, avoiding pain in animal experimentation is essential, but to do so, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of pain and how pain can be properly recognized and assessed.
The course aims to give the participants an insight into the mechanism behind pain; in which situations pain can occur; and how one can prevent or reduce pain by using a correct study design, applying the most proper research techniques, and use a relevant strategy for pain relief treatment.
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Course details - Pain Management in Animal Research
Key benefits
After the course, you will be able to:
• Have insight the ethical aspects of animal research in general, and in particular of procedures that may compromise the welfare of the animals.
• Understand and explain the physiological and pharmacological mechanisms of nociception, pain and analgesia.
• Have insight in the principles and concept of welfare monitoring.
• Understand and demonstrate relevant methods for pain assessment and management.
• Identify and suggest suitable pain assessment protocols for different experimental conditions in different species.
• Identify, plan and implement different treatment strategies for pain relief and how to select relevant drugs for various experimental situations in different species.
Course content
The course covers ethical, theoretical and practical aspects of pain and pain relief in animal experimentation. It intends to give a deepened understanding of nociceptive mechanisms; of design and application of accurate methods for pain recognition and assessment; and of the selection and combination of analgesic agents and how to apply these in practice.
Case studies and group work will give the students the opportunity to discuss various experimental situations and species, and how to best apply the most appropriate pain management in these.
Participant profile
The course is intended as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for senior scientists, PhD students, postdocs, veterinarians, animal technicians and other relevant staff from academia, from the research industry or from other organizations who perform or have an interest in animal experimentation.
Participants must:
• Have prior qualifications in Laboratory Animal Science, corresponding to at least Functions A and D as described in Article 24 of Directive 2010/63/EU.
• Be proficient at English
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Practical information
Location
University of Copenhagen
South Campus, Faculty of Law
Njalsgade 76
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark
Contact
Copenhagen Summer University
csu@adm.ku.dk
+45 3533 3423
Time and Date
19-21 August 2024
09:00-16:30