Ethics, Animal Welfare and Legislationy

Year
1

Academic year
2023-2024

Code
02035336

Subject Area
Experimental Pathology

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Other Languages of Instruction
English

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
5.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

For the teaching of the unit is used the expositive method and also the resolution of problems and the de development of tasks.

- To know the ethical, animal welfare and legislation related to animal experimentation.

- Being able to understand the ethical constraints associated with the need of to develop an experimental model.

- Being able to respond to ethical constraints and their relationship to animal welfare.

- Be able to complete the form to submit project to DGAV

- European and national legislation related to animal welfare

- Ethics associated with animal experimentation

- Órgão Responsáveis pelo Bem-estar dos Animais (ORBEA).

Duarte Nuno Pessoa Vieira

Assessment
Continuous assessment: 50.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals. 8th Edition. National Academic Press. 2011

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, CRC press, 2011

The Welfare of Laboratory Animals, 2007

Decreto-lei 113 de 2013