Institute of Food Safety Animal health and Environment BIOR in cooperation with EGS Conseil, France, invites you to a Webinar/training for Laboratory Animal Care Takers
Date: 3rd - 4th of November, 2021
Place: Microsoft Teams meeting, link will be provided individualy from the lecturer to those registered
Training for laboratory animal care takers
THEORY AND APPLICATION
Total duration of the training: 2 days (16 hours), via webinars and teleconference
Trainer : Emmanuel Gomas
TRAINING IS PROVIDED BY LEADING LV RESEARCHERS AND EXPERTS IN LAB ANIMAL SCIENCE
This training is linked to the following training topics listed in article 23 of Directive 2010/63/EU :
- Basic and appropriate species-specific biology in relation to anatomy, physiological features, breeding, genetics and genetic alteration
- Animal behavior, husbandry and enrichment
- Animal health Management and hygiene
TRAINING PROGRAMM DAY 1
Basic and appropriate species-specific biology in relation to genetics and breeding
Duration: 3 hours (morning, 9:00 – 12:00am)
Rodent genetic
• Natural history of rodents
• History of the laboratory mice
• Genetic of the laboratory mice
• Nomenclature
Rodent breeding
• Oestral cycle and mating
• Impact of environment
• Mating strategies
• Conducting a breeding colony
Animal behavior, husbandry and enrichment
Duration: 4 hours (afternoon, 1:00-5:00pm)
Husbandry
• Basal physiological parameters
• Housing regulation
• Housing types
• Food impact on animals
• Physical conditions (temperature, humidity, light, ventilation)
Animal behavior
• Rodent natural behavior
• Social behavior
• Reproductive behavior
• Impact of housing conditions on behavior
Enrichment
• Type of enrichment
• Pros and cons of enrichment
• Influence of enrichment on experiments
• Influence of enrichment on breeding
TRAINING PROGRAMM DAY 2 :
Animal health management and hygiene
Duration: 7 hours (full day, 9:00-12:00am, 1:00pm-5:00pm)
Animal health
• How to define animal health?
• Physiological needs
• Physical health
• Sanitary health
Clinical observation
• Importance for animal welfare
• How to observe?
• How to report?
• Words to express an observation
Biosafety principles
• Sanitary risk
• Role of biosafety in animal facility
• Barriers in animal facility
• Risk assessment in animal facility
Cleaning and disinfection
• Why cleaning?
• How to clean?
• How to assess cleaning and disinfection efficiency?
Health monitoring (principle and technics)
• Health status definition
• Testing methods
• Health monitoring
Health monitoring (sampling and reports)
• Animal based health monitoring
• Samples and environment based health monitoring
• Health monitoring representativity
• How to read health monitoring report?
Final Test and Sertification
More information: iveta.kocina@bior.lv
