Program

9.00 – 9.30 am                 Introduction to Laboratory Animal Science

                                           Dr. Kalpani Ratnayake, BSc, PhD, Pg LAS (Colombo)

                                           Senior Lecturer, Department of Cosmetic Science,

                                           Faculty of Health Sciences, CINEC Campus, Malabe, Sri Lanka

9.30 – 10.30 am        Laboratory Animal Ethics

                                      Prof. Mangala Gunatilake,

                                      BVSc, PhD, MLAS (Aachen), FSLCVS, FELASA, FIUPS, CertLAS (Utrecht)

                                      Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine,

                                     University of    Colombo

10.30 – 10.45 am     Tea break

10.45 – 11. 15 am    Laboratory Animal Management

                                   Dr. Mayuri Thammitiyagodage BVSc, PhD, CertLAS (Japan)

                                   Head/Animal Centre, Medical Research Institute

11.15 – 12.15 pm    Pain Management and Anesthesia of Laboratory Animals

                                   Dr. Mayuri Thammitiyagodage BVSc, PhD

                                    Head/Animal Centre, Medical Research Institute

12.15 – 12.45 pm    Creating a Culture of Care (COC) and Assessing COC

                                   Dr. Sachini Amarasekara BSc, MSc, PhD, Pg LAS (Colombo)

                                  Lecturer, Department of Zoology & Environment Sciences,

                                  Faculty of Science, University of Colombo

12.45 onwards         Q & A/Discussion