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PURPOSE OF THE COLLEGE
Background
The European College of Laboratory
Animal Medicine (ECLAM) is a veterinary speciality organisation established
within the EC structure for veterinary specialisation recommended by the
Advisory Committee for Veterinary Training (ACVT) of the EC, set up by
the Council Decision 78/1028/EEC of 18 December 1978 and OJ No L 302 of
22 December 1978, in its report doc. III/F/5285/3/91. ECLAM was an initiative
of the European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians.
Purpose
The major tasks of the ECLAM
are to improve
- Prevention, diagnosis,
control and treatment of diseases of laboratory animals
- Prevention, alleviation,
and minimisation of laboratory animal pain and distress
- Training of scientific,
animal care and ancillary staff
- Design and operation of
laboratory animal facilities
- Control of the environment
(e.g. physical, social) of laboratory animals
- Selection and production
of animals for research
- Design and conduction
of research
and to
- Provide research support
(e.g. animal research techniques), information (e.g. comparative and
normative biology, nomenclature), and services (e.g. pre- and post-operative
care, critical care, anaesthesia and analgesia, euthanasia)
- Develop and manage animal
husbandry programs (incl. genetic and microbiological standardisation
procedures)
- Prepare and review animal
use protocols
- Provide consultation and
advice on compliance with laws, regulations and standards
- Contribute to the humane
use of animals in biomedical research together with the search for alternatives.
Activities
The primary objectives of
the ECLAM are to advance laboratory animal medicine in Europe and increase
the competence of those who work in this field by:
- establishing guidelines
for post-graduate education and experience, prerequisite to becoming
a specialist in laboratory animal medicine
- examining and qualifying
veterinarians as specialists in laboratory animal medicine
- encouraging research and
other contributions to knowledge relating to the pathogenesis, diagnosis,
therapy, prevention and control of laboratory animal diseases, and
- promoting the communication
and dissemination of this knowledge
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