Last updated: 18^th May 2005

Harmonisation of the Care and Use of Fish in Research

23rd - 26th May 2005

Gardermoen, Norway

Scientific programme

Monday 23rd May	Topic	Speakers
1000 - 1200	Registration desk open in the lobby of the Clarion Oslo Airport Hotel
1200 - 1300	Lunch at the Aircraft Museum, Gardermoen (guides will be present)
1315 – 1330	Welcome, official opening, the challenges of refining methods used in fish research	Magnor Nerheim, Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs
1330 – 1400	Reporting fish experiments: are national statistics adequate?	Bjørn Groven, secretary to the Norwegian Animal Research Authority & Gunvor Knudsen, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1400 – 1430	Experiences from the inspection of fish research facilities in the UK	Kathy Ryder, Home Office Inspectorate, U.K.
1430 – 1440	Short break
	Theme: Health & Welfare
1440 – 1510	What can we learn from established health monitoring practice for other species?	Jeff Needham, The Microbiology Laboratories, London & Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1510 – 1540	Health monitoring of fish used in research	Renate Johansen, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1540 – 1610	Environmental monitoring in fish experiments	Trond Rosten, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Trondheim
1610 – 1640	Coffee break
1640 – 1710	Neurophysiology in fish in relation to pain	Anne Sverdrup, ILAB, Bergen
1710 – 1740	How should we conduct fish research in the light of our current knowledge on pain perception?	Victoria Braithwaite, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
1740 -	Group work: Monitoring and reporting fish used in research
1900	Dinner

Tuesday 24th May	Topic	Speakers
0900 – 1000	Summary of discussions on Monday
	Theme: Guidelines for fish research
1000 – 1030	How do we run an accredited laboratory animal facility for mammals? What can we learn from each other?	Adrian Smith, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1030 – 1100	Canadian Guidelines for the Care & Use of Fish in Research, Teaching and Testing	Gilly Griffin, Canadian Council on Animal Care
1100 – 1130	Good Clinical Practice (GCP): a tool to refine fish research	Hanne Bergendahl, Norwegian Medicines Agency, Oslo
1130 – 1200	Anaesthesia and humane killing	Tor Einar Horsberg, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1200 – 1300	Lunch
1300 – 1330	The use of anaesthetics and analgesics to implement the 3 R’s: practical examples	Anders Kiessling, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
1330 – 1400	Species-specific provisions for fish in the European Convention for the Protection of Animals used for Experimental and Scientific Purposes	Rod Wootten, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling and Member of the Working Group of the European Convention
1400 – 1430	Ethical considerations in fish research applications: how should these be handled?	Birgit Dannevig, Norwegian Research Council
1430 – 1500	Side-effects of vaccination: an example of the conflict between guidelines and real life	Trygve Poppe, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1500 – 1530	Challenges when designing models for infectious diseases	Lill-Heidi Johansen, Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Tromsø
1530 – 1600	Coffee break
1600 -	Group work on guidelines and procedures: do we have what we need?
1900	Dinner

Wednesday 25th May	Topic	Speakers
0900 – 1000	Summary of discussions on Tuesday
	Theme: the 3 R's & fish research
1000 – 1030	Genetic qualities of research fish: availability and limitations	Unni Grimholt, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1030 – 1100	Choosing the correct number of fish in laboratory and field experiments	Stig Larsen, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
1100 – 1130	The three R’s and behavioural studies in aquaculture: Trade-off between possible animal suffering and relevance?	Jon-Erik Juell, Institute of Marine Research, Matre
1130 – 1200	How does industry address the 3 R’s?	Kjersti Gravningen, Pharmaq AS, Oslo
1200 – 1300	Lunch
1300 – 1330	Alternative techniques in fish toxicity testing	Anders Goksøyr, University of Bergen
1330 – 1400	The care and use of zebrafish in modern genomic research	Peter Alestrøm, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1400 – 1430	Current methods for capture, handling and tagging wild fish	Niels Jepsen, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Silkeborg
1430 – 1500	Ethical slaughter of fish: Practices from large-scale production of Atlantic salmon. Past, present and future slaughter methods	Ulf Erikson, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Trondheim
1500 – 1530	Coffee break
1530 – 1600	Ethics: different attitudes to fish welfare depending upon the situation?	Cecilie Mejdell, Norwegian Council for Animal Ethics
1600 – 1730	Panel debate and plenum discussion: are the methods used in fish research today ethically acceptable?	The panel will consist of representatives for the four “stakeholders” (industry, academia, the animal welfare movement and the authorities): Kjersti Gravningen, Pharmaq AS, Oslo, Erik Sterud, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Live Kleveland Karlsrud from the Norwegian Animal Welfare Alliance (Dyrevernalliansen) and Bjørn Groven, secretary to the Norwegian Animal Research Authority.
1730 –	Group work: conclusions from the meeting
1900	Dinner

Thursday 26th May	Topic	Speakers
0900 – 0930	The challenge of FELASA accreditation of courses in laboratory animal science for fish researchers	Adrian Smith, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
0930 – 1000	The COST initiative and fish research	Liv Jorun Reitan, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo
1000 – 1030	National Platforms for the 3 R's: what are they and how does the Swedish platform function?	Adrian Smith, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo and Staffan Jacobsson, Swedish Animal Welfare Agency
1030 – 1130	Conclusions from the meeting: have we reached consensus?	Renate Johansen, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo
1130 – 1145	Closing remarks: what are we going to do with the conclusions from this meeting?	Adrian Smith, Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo