Scand-LAS 2002

Final Programme

The 32nd Scand-LAS Annual Symposium and Educational Days

Gardermoen, Norway

18th - 21st April 2002

Uniting Science and the Three R’s

Thursday, 18^th April
1200 - 1300	Lunch will be available at the Hotel but please note that the cost of this meal is NOT included in the registration fee.
1300 - 1400	Opening Session Karl Johan Öbrink Memorial Lecture: Professor Per Andersen, University of Oslo Can the four R's of memory be unravelled by adhering to the three R's of experimentation?
*The Science of Refinement:*
1400 - 1500	Paul Flecknell: Reassessing our use of analgesics
1500 - 1530	Coffee break
	Trandumsalen	Sessvoll auditorium	Sør-Gardermoen II *Bengt Gustafsson Symposium* Chairman: Lars Wass
1530 - 1615	Vera Baumans: Advances in husbandry refinement	Andreas Haga: Fremskritt i overvåkning av dyr i anestesi	1530 - 1600 Elisabeth Norin: Dietary effects on host-microbe interactions. General principles. 1600 - 1630 Henrik Rasmussen: Dietary effects on host-microbe interactions in pharmaceutical development - a practical example
1615 - 1700	Dorte Bratbo Sørensen: The need for phenotypic characterisation in welfare assessment in genetically modified laboratory mice	Stein Istre Thoresen: Blodprøvetaking og håndtering av blodprøver: en kritisk evaluering av teknikkene i bruk	1630 - 1700 Graham Tobin: Factors in the selection of extruded or pelleted diets for research
1700 - 1800	Poster viewing (Sør-Gardermoen IV) and demonstrations in the audiovisuals room (Sør-Gardermoen II). Films in the Sessvoll auditorium
1830-2000	Get-together Party at the Gardermoen Aircraft Museum
2030	Dinner at the hotel

Friday, 19^th April

The Science of Reduction:

0830 - 0915

Philip Overend: Strategies for reducing animal numbers

Trandumsalen

Sessvoll auditorium

Sør-Gardermoen II

0915 - 1000

Peter Maier: ECOPA - National Concensus Platforms and efforts to reduce animal numbers

Paul Flecknell & Tim Morris: Workshop on problem-solving in anaesthesia and analgesia

1000 - 1030

Coffee break

1030 - 1130

Kathrine A. Ryeng: Wildlife research - quality control in uncontrollable populations

Workshop (continued)

Dag R. Sørensen: An animal model for experimental therapy of malignant gliomas, with special emphasis on angiogenesis

1130 - 1200

Timo Nevalainen: Pair housing of rabbits and variation in serum chemistry

Ulla-Marjut Jaakkola: Individually tailored education on care and use of laboratory animals

1200 - 1300

Lunch

The Science of Replacement:

Trandumsalen

Sessvoll auditorium

Sør-Gardermoen II

1300 - 1400

Tore Aune: The challenge of replacing animals in shellfish toxin testing

Inger Lise Andersen: Måleparametrer for dyrevelferd

Concensus seminar on health monitoring (convenor Jeff Needham)
1. The significance and monitoring of Helicobacter spp.

1400 - 1500

Lars Moe: "Comparative Medicine" includes spontaneous models in dogs and cats

Jenny-Ann Hardie: Erfaringer med kvalitetssikring i henhold til GLP

2. The new FELASA document on health monitoring. What do we need for animals, feed and bedding?

1500 - 1530

Coffee break

1530 - 1630

David Dewhurst, EURCA: Supporting the use of computer-based alternatives to replace and reduce animal use in teaching and research

Axel Kornerup Hansen: Helsemonitorering og zoonoser

Adrian Smith for David Morton: Guidelines for animal experiments: what do we have and what is missing?

1630 - 1730

Anett Weber (Dyrenes Beskyttelse), Hanne Gürtler and Lars Friis Mikkelsen (Novo Nordisk A/S): Improving the welfare of experimental animals - collaboration between Novo Nordisk A/S and Dyrenes Beskyttelse

Kjetil Olstad: Fisk som forsøksdyr - en teknikers hverdag

David Dewhurst: Demonstration of the CD-ROM "Experimental Design"

1730 - 1800
Presentation of Poster Evaluation in Sør-Gardermoen IV

1800 - 2030
Exhibitors' Evening with refreshments

2100

Dinner at the hotel

Saturday, 20^th April Increasing cooperation between scientists and the laboratory animal unit:
0830 - 0915	Paul Flecknell for David Morton: A new look at our methods for "humane" killing
	Trandumsalen	Sessvoll auditorium	Sør-Gardermoen II
0915 - 1000	Paul Flecknell: Animal anaesthesia: public sins and possible solutions	Signe Videm: Hvordan takle forsøksdyrallergi?	Thomas Krohn: The impact of cage ventilation on rats housed in IVC-systems

1000 - 1030	Coffee break
	Trandumsalen	Sessvoll auditorium	Sør-Gardermoen II
1030 - 1115	Krys Bottrill: Search strategies and clearing houses for information on the three R's	Karina & Adrian Smith, NORINA-databasen: Audiovisuelle hjelpemidler - kilder og muligheter	Tor Brustad: The vital-microscopy technique and some examples of its use to show dynamic processes in living tissue
1115 - 1200	Tim Morris: Interaction between scientists and journals, guidelines for publication	Merel Ritskes: Velferdsaspekter av fôring hos forsøksdyr	Aage Kristian Olsen: The choice of an animal model for the study of postprandial coagulation factor VII activation
1200 - 1300	Lunch
	Trandumsalen	Sessvoll auditorium	Sør-Gardermoen II
1300 - 1400	Richard Fosse: Building animal houses that scientists, technicians and animals thrive in	Rikke Thon: Velfærd og karakterisering af genetisk modificerede mus	Elisabeth A. Riksen: An in vivo method for functional attachment measurements in bone-anchored implants
1400 - 1500	Adrian Smith: Experiences with the AAALAC accreditation system	Odd Vangen: Utfordringer med husdyr som forsøksdyr

1500 - 1530	Coffee break
1530 - 1645	Panel debate (Trandumsalen): The Pro's and Con's of animal research: Live Karlsrud, Norwegian Alliance for Animal Welfare: The case for animal welfare Jann Hau, Uppsala University: The case for animal research Siri Martinsen, NOAH: The case for animal rights
1700 - 1800	Scand-LAS årsmøte in the Sessvoll auditorium
1930 -	Congress Dinner at the Hotel

Sunday, 21^st April
	Trandumsalen		Sessvoll auditorium
0900 - 0945	Presentation of European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ECLAM) (Axel Kornerup Hansen), European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians (ESLAV) (Hanna-Marja Voipio), FELASA accreditation of education in laboratory animal science (Timo Nevalainen) and Nordic Alliance in Laboratory Animal Science Education (Axel Kornerup Hansen)		John Odden: Utradisjonelle forsøksdyr: gaupe og rådyr
0945 - 1030		Axel Kornerup Hansen: Xenotransplantation
1030 - 1100		Coffee break
1100 - 1200		David Griffiths: Animal research in polar regions
1200 - 1215		Closing remarks. Presentation of the 2003 Scand-LAS symposium
1215 - 1315		Lunch (included in the registration fee) and Departure

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Friday, 19^th April The Science of Reduction:
0830 - 0915	Philip Overend: Strategies for reducing animal numbers
	Trandumsalen	Sessvoll auditorium	Sør-Gardermoen II
0915 - 1000	Peter Maier: ECOPA - National Concensus Platforms and efforts to reduce animal numbers	Paul Flecknell & Tim Morris: Workshop on problem-solving in anaesthesia and analgesia
1000 - 1030	Coffee break
1030 - 1130	Kathrine A. Ryeng: Wildlife research - quality control in uncontrollable populations	Workshop (continued)	Dag R. Sørensen: An animal model for experimental therapy of malignant gliomas, with special emphasis on angiogenesis
1130 - 1200	Timo Nevalainen: Pair housing of rabbits and variation in serum chemistry		Ulla-Marjut Jaakkola: Individually tailored education on care and use of laboratory animals
1200 - 1300	Lunch
*The Science of Replacement:*
	Trandumsalen	Sessvoll auditorium	Sør-Gardermoen II
1300 - 1400	Tore Aune: The challenge of replacing animals in shellfish toxin testing	Inger Lise Andersen: Måleparametrer for dyrevelferd	*Concensus seminar on health monitoring* (convenor Jeff Needham) 1. The significance and monitoring of Helicobacter spp.
1400 - 1500	Lars Moe: "Comparative Medicine" includes spontaneous models in dogs and cats	Jenny-Ann Hardie: Erfaringer med kvalitetssikring i henhold til GLP	2. The new FELASA document on health monitoring. What do we need for animals, feed and bedding?
1500 - 1530	Coffee break
1530 - 1630	David Dewhurst, EURCA: Supporting the use of computer-based alternatives to replace and reduce animal use in teaching and research	Axel Kornerup Hansen: Helsemonitorering og zoonoser	Adrian Smith for David Morton: Guidelines for animal experiments: what do we have and what is missing?
1630 - 1730	Anett Weber (Dyrenes Beskyttelse), Hanne Gürtler and Lars Friis Mikkelsen (Novo Nordisk A/S): Improving the welfare of experimental animals - collaboration between Novo Nordisk A/S and Dyrenes Beskyttelse	Kjetil Olstad: Fisk som forsøksdyr - en teknikers hverdag	David Dewhurst: Demonstration of the CD-ROM "Experimental Design"
1730 - 1800	Presentation of Poster Evaluation in Sør-Gardermoen IV
1800 - 2030	Exhibitors' Evening with refreshments
2100	Dinner at the hotel