Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of the training each student should:
Be able to approach an animal, handle, hold, restrain and return it to its cage in a calm, confident and empathetic manner to avoid distress or harm to the animal.
-Know how to identify signs of pain, suffering, or distress. Know the different levels of severity of procedures, cumulative severity, and the use of humane critical limits.
-Know the principles of killing and be able to select and apply the most appropriate and rapid method of killing.
-Know how to perform minor experimental procedures in a way that does not cause pain, suffering, distress, or lasting harm to the animal: handling and restraint, injection, dosing, and collection of species-relevant samples.
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