The applicant is required to have successfully completed a master’s degree in a relevant discipline within the fields of medical, veterinary and/or life sciences. The applicant must also have had an animal experiment licence or otherwise have worked on animal experiments outside Denmark previously.
Additionally, the applicant is required to have obtained qualifications corresponding to the completion of one or more courses with relevance to animal experimentation, including species-specific knowledge of the animals to be used. These courses/qualifications are to ensure that the applicant is able to use laboratory animals in accordance with a high ethical and scientific standard and must, as a minimum, correspond to EU function ABD-courses/FELASA-C course (approx. 80 hours).
EU function ABD covers the following modules:
- Modul 1. National legislation
- Modul 2. Ethics, animal welfare and the Three Rs (level 1)
- Modul 3.1. Basic and appropriate biology – species specific (theory)
- Modul 3.2. Basic and appropriate biology – species specific (practical)
- Modul 4. Animal care, health and management – species specific (theory)
- Modul 5. Recognition of pain, suffering and distress - species specific
- Modul 6.1. Humane methods of killing (theory)
- Modul 6.2. Humane methods of killing (skills)
- Modul 7. Minimally invasive procedures without anaesthesia – species specific (theory)
- Modul 8. Minimally invasive procedures without anaesthesia – species specific (skills)
- Modul 9. Ethics, animal welfare and the Three Rs (level 2)
- Modul 10. Design of procedures and projects (level 1)
- Modul 11. Design of procedures and projects (level 2)
(You can read more about EU function ABD in the Education and Training Framework here)