During this 5-day course emphasis is put on the freely moving rat models to be used in (safety) pharmacology.

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The following models will be discussed and surgically prepared:

	Double bile-fistula
	Jugular vein catheterization
	Portal vein catheterization
	Lliolumbar artery catheterization
	A model according to your own wish!!

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Key Benefits

	You will learn to choose the most suitable blood sampling technique for your research model
	You will learn the theoretical and practical basis of anaesthesiology
	You will learn how to handle different tissues
	You will learn how to dissect blood vessels
	You will learn how to make a catheter for venous blood sampling in the freely moving rat or mouse
	You will learn how to permanently catheterize several blood vessels in the rat or mouse
	You will learn how to take blood samples from permanently catheterized animals
	You will refine your surgical and experimental techniques

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Pricing and information:

On request by e-mail.

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At the end of the course all participants receive:

	A certificate
	The "Manual of Microsurgery on the Laboratory Rat"