Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026
Course director
Pozsgai Gábor
associate professor,
Department of Pharmacology
Number of hours/semester
Lectures: 28 hours
Practices: 0 hours
Seminars: 0 hours
Total of: 28 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OPF-KIK-T
- 2 Credit
- Pharmacy
- Optional module
- spring
OPO-H1E-T finished
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 people – max. 60 people
Topic
The course explores the ethical, scientific, and practical aspects of using animals in research. It provides an overview of legal frameworks, ethical principles, and the management of laboratory animals, including housing, nutrition, and health monitoring. Students will gain knowledge of experimental design, animal welfare, pain management, and emerging alternatives to animal use. The course also addresses the role of training, genetics, and innovations in laboratory animal science, preparing students for responsible and effective work in the field.
Lectures
- 1.
Introduction to laboratory animal science
- Göntér Kitti - 2.
History and ethics of animal experiments
- Göntér Kitti - 3.
Legal framework of animal experiments
- Kriszta Gábor - 4.
Animal welfare
- Kriszta Gábor - 5.
Experimental animal husbandry, environmental enrichment
- Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina - 6.
Genetics and breeding of laboratory animals
- Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina - 7.
Health and safety, security issues
- Kriszta Gábor - 8.
Experimental design
- Kriszta Gábor - 9.
Handling and techniques
- Pozsgai Gábor - 10.
Humane methods of killing
- Pozsgai Gábor - 11.
Anesthesia and analgesia 1
- Pozsgai Gábor - 12.
Anesthesia and analgesia 2
- Pozsgai Gábor - 13.
Anesthesia and analgesia 3
- Pozsgai Gábor - 14.
Anesthesia and analgesia 4
- Pozsgai Gábor - 15.
Surgery 1
- Göntér Kitti - 16.
Surgery 2
- Göntér Kitti - 17.
Laboratory animal species: rodents 1
- Göntér Kitti - 18.
Laboratory animal species: rodents 2
- Göntér Kitti - 19.
Laboratory animal species: carnivores
- Kriszta Gábor - 20.
Laboratory animal species: primates
- Kriszta Gábor - 21.
Farm animals
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter - 22.
Wild animals
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter - 23.
Aquatic species
- Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina - 24.
Veterinary care
- Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina - 25.
Alternatives to Animal Use - In Vitro and In Silico Methods
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter - 26.
Alternatives to Animal Use - Advances in Organoids and Tissue Engineering
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter - 27.
Characteristics of the experimental animal facility
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter - 28.
Future challenges and innovations
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Slides used in the lectures are provided. Az előadásokon használt diák elérhetők a hallgatók számára.
Notes
Recommended literature
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (8th edition, 2011)
Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare (4th edition)
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Required attendance and passing of mid-term tests.
Mid-term exams
Group work or written test.
Making up for missed classes
Not possible.
Exam topics/questions
Exam questions are based on the lectures and handouts.
Examiners
- Fliszár-Nyúl Eszter
- Göntér Kitti
- Hartnerné Pohóczky Krisztina
- Kriszta Gábor
- Pozsgai Gábor