After completing this  course you should be able to:

• Describe appropriate methods and principles to be followed when handling animals, including methods of manual restraint and use of restricted environments.
• Describe refinement opportunities for procedures and restraint (e.g., through training (using positive re-enforcement), habituation, and socialisation of animals).
• Describe techniques/procedures including, for example, injection, sampling and dosing techniques (routes/volumes/frequency), dietary modification, gavage, tissue biopsy, behavioural tests, use of metabolic cages.
• Describe how to perform minor techniques and relate appropriate sample volumes and sampling frequencies for the relevant species.
• Describe appropriate methods for the assessment of the welfare of animals with respect to the severity of procedures and know what appropriate action to take.

Note:

This course is for demonstration purposes only.  No completion data will be saved or recorded for completion of this course.