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CU- IACUC Organizes Workshop on Ethical Use of Experimental Animals


Mon 18 Nov 2019 | 02:44 PM
Mai Shaheen

Cairo University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (CU- IACUC) inaugurated a workshop entitled "The Second International Academic Program for Laboratory Animal Science".

The workshop, that lasts until November 21, is held under the auspices of Cairo University president Dr. Mohamed Othman El Kosht , in cooperation with Egyptian Association for Animal Research Advancement (EAARA), and Utrecht University, with the participation of many international experts and professors from the Universities of Cairo and Utrecht.

Dr. El Kosht said that the university is racing against time in global competitiveness and seeks to raise the efficiency of the researchers and scientists at Cairo University in particular, and Egyptian universities and research centers in general.

Dr. El Kosht said that the university is racing against time in global competitiveness and seeks to raise the efficiency of the researchers and scientists at Cairo University in particular, and Egyptian universities and research centers in general.

“The university is keen to keep pace with the global scientific and technological developments in various fields of scientific research,” Cairo University president noted.

Dr. Khadija Gaafar, the chairperson of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (CU- IACUC ) said that the workshop focuses on the basic techniques used by researchers and workers in dealing with experimental animals in this field, in accordance with the recommendations of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations Class B.

Contributed by Basant Ahmed