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BIO-3503 Aquatic Animal Welfare - 5 stp


The course is administrated by

Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi

Type of course

Master course for biology students and masterstudents in fishery science.

The course is compulsory for all students of the Master in Biology program, undertaking experiments on live animals (vertebrates and decapods).

The course is available as a singular course.


Course overlap

BIO-8014 Aquatic Animal Welfare 5 ects

Course contents

The first part of the course deals with legislations and regulations in animal experimentation and which types of experiments are under the Animal welfare act and the legislations and regulations which apply to the hold of live fish and decapods. The biological part of the course includes lectures on pain perception, stressors and stress responses, health and welfare, anesthesia/immobilization, acclimation, environmental needs and tagging methods. The course also encompasses seminars in which the various topics in the lectures, including ethical issues and considerations, are discussed. Seminars also include work with experimental design (including the three R's) of a given research topic, and compilation of an application to the Norwegian animal research authority on the same research topic. Finally, the course includes a one day excursion to the research station in Kårvik for practical demonstrations of experiment preparation, fish handling, blood sampling, anesthesia etc.

Admission requirements

Admission requires a Bachelor`s degree (180 ECTS) or equivalent qualification, with a major in biology of minimum 80 ECTS.

Local admission, application code 9371 - Master`s level singular course.


Objective of the course

The course is mandatory for researchers who carry out experiments with aquatic animals (fish and decapods) and follows the minimum recommendations for education and training for researchers (FELASA C researcher).

The course should give the students sufficient knowledge and background for conducting legal, environmentally safe end ethically acceptable experimental work with live fish and decapods in Norway.

Knowledge

After completing the course, the student should have a:

Skills

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

General competence

After completing the course, the student should have developed:


Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars and activities at the fish research station in Kårvik.

One day excursion to the research station in Kårvik will include practical demonstrations of experiment preparation, fish handling, blood sampling, anaesthesia, etc.

The necessary safety training will be provided at Kårvik.