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One-Day Workshop on Severity Classification and Harm Benefit Analysis in Animal Experimentation
The workshop on “Severity Classification and Harm Benefit Analysis in Animal
Experimentation” organized by SCTIMST and funded by Laboratory Animal Scientists Association, India
Regional workshop grant was conducted on 18th Feb-2020, at Achutha Menon Centre, SCTIMST. Dr.
Klas Abelson, Associate Professor, Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and
Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark lead the sessions. The aim was to enlighten the
scientists, research students, technicians and veterinarians in animal experimentation about the
importance of severity classification and harm benefit analysis in bringing in welfare and refinement
in animal experimentation during the planning, applying for ethical permissions and evaluating
applications and during the actual conduct of experiments.
The course was attended by about 50 participants who were Scientists, Veterinarians, CPCSEA
nominees, MSc, MVSc and PhD Students from organizations across the South Indian states viz
Hyderabad, Bangalore, Tumkur, Padappai, Chennai, Kumaracoil, Nagercoil, Trichur, Wayanad,
Kozhikode, Kottayam and Trivandrum.