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Animal Care and Use at Western

 'Promoting excellence in

 animal  research through excellence in 

 animal care and use'
   

Since January 2005, the University of Western Ontario, Department of Animal Care and Veterinary Services has offered a web-based Animal Care and Use Course, available to external institutions. It is designed to help you meet your training needs. 

  • Reduce your training time
  • Improve results. 
  • Be compliant with CCAC.

We can provide:

 

 

  

  
  
  
  

 

A basic animal care and use course which meets the Canadian Council on Animal Care requirements for Core 'A'

  • Ethics

  • Husbandry

  • Research Issues

  • Occupational Health and Safety
On-line instruction in practical areas.  These sessions are designed to prepare students for hands-on instruction.  Maximize the actual hands-on experience by allowing students to prepare ahead of time.

  • Post Mortem Techniques (rodent based)
  • Laboratory Animal Monitoring (mammalian)
  • Sterile Injections and Techniques
  • Mouse Injections and Techniques (restraint, bleeding, blood collection etc.)
  • Rat Injections and Techniques (restraint, bleeding, blood collection etc.)
  • Rabbit Injections and Techniques (restraint, bleeding, blood collection etc.)
  • Anaesthesia - Injectable
  • Anaesthesia - Gas
  • Surgery Room Methodology
  • Introduction to Pigs (anatomy and physiology as they relate to research, handling, injections, diseases and condition etc.)
  • Introduction to Sheep (anatomy and physiology as they relate to research, handling, injections, diseases and condition etc.)

A student-teacher interface through discussion groups or email
 
Individual quizzes per module

Feedback to students on quiz results
 
Certificates on the completion of each module
 

For more information please contact Dr. S. Fussell at

 (519) 661-3567
Link to Animal Care and Use at Western  |  Link to UWO 

Last Updated: April 20, 2009

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