Laboratory Animal Science - Specific Course on Wildlife

This course is intended for researchers and professionals who are currently working with, or are planning to work with, wildlife in an experimental setting.

The course meets the standards for the species-specific education and training requirements for persons designing projects and procedures for wildlife.

Course objectives: The objective of this course is to present basic and appropriate biology, care, health and management of wildlife, recognition of pain, suffering and distress in these animals and minimally invasive procedures to be applied on these animals.

Learning goals: Learning outcomes in accordance with the EC Training and Education Document relating to Directive EU/2010/63,  EU/2010/63, https://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/pdf/Endorsed_E-T.pdf

General Information

Target Group	PhDs, WUR staff and non-WUR participants
Course level	In-depth, postgraduate
Group size	A minimum of 7 and a maximum of 20 participants
Course duration	2 days and is given around March every year. The first course is scheduled for 25 &26 March 2024
Prior knowledge	MSc in a biological, biomedical or zootechnical field. We recommend to follow the basic Laboratory Animal Science course before the species-specific course. In case this is not practically feasible for each participant, we also allow starting with this species-specific course.
Homework/ self- study	Active participation and preparation on the lectures, presentations and practical(s).
Language	English
Credit points	0.6 ECTS
Course content coordinator	Marcel ter Veld (marcel.terveld@wur.nl)
Teaching method	Lectures and practicals à competence level and training on the job to be discussed UP FRONT by the animal welfare officer/course organiser to discuss the student assignment and determine per person what is necessary for their competence level. During the course the student will focus on the species of interest. If training is necessary on site for the students, this will not be re-imbursed.
In-person	Wageningen University campus, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Carus building

Program

Theoretical part:

Day 1

09:30 - 10:30   Welcome, introduction, followed by law and ethics

10:30 - 10:45   Break

10:45 - 11:15   Law and ethics continued

11:15 - 12:30   Zoonosis

12:30 - 13:30   Lunch

13:30 - 14:45   Statistics

14:45 - 15:00   Break

15:15 - 16:45   Wildlife: Basic and appropriate biology, Student assignment presentation, part 1

Day 2

09:30 - 10:45   Widlife: Basic and appropriate biology, Student assignment presentation, part 2

10:45 - 11:00   Break

11:00 - 12:00   Wildlife: Basic and appropriate biology: Student assignment presentation, continued

12:00 - 13:00   Lunch

13:00 - 14:30   Wildlife: Anesthesia, analgesia and euthanasia

14:30 - 15:00  Course evaluation

Practical Part: Training on the job – competence, To be performed by participants at their institute (or on another time and day, before or after the course). Certificates are awarded after both theoretical and practical parts are finished.

16:00 - 16:30   Certificates and course evaluation

Fee* 

1) Reduced fee: PhD candidates of Wageningen University doing a Training and Supervision Plan (TSP)	€290
2) University fee: All other PhD candidates / postdocs and staff of Wageningen University	€540
3) External fee: All other participants	€790

*(includes study and training material, coffee/tea and lunches)

Cancellation condition

You may cancel free of charge up to 1 month before the start of the course. After this date you will be charged with the University fee, unless: 

• You can find someone to replace you in the course and supply the course coordinator with the name and contact information of your replacement. In this case you will be charged a €50,- cancellation fee.
• You are a PhD of Wageningen University with a valid reason to cancel (illness or death in the family 1st or 2nd degree). In this case you will be charged the reduced fee and your supervisor/PI must send a mail indication the reason for cancellation.

Information: For more information please contact: paddy.haripersaud@wur.nl, tel: +31317486836 or wias@wur.nl