Duration and dates
- Friday, February 27, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Registration open until February 26, 2026.
Target audience
- Researchers
- Researchers assitants
- Vetenarians
- Animal facility managers
- Zootechnians
- and more generally, anyone working with captive primates
Trainer
The course will be taught by Aurore SERDA, PhD student in Ethology and Primatology at the Cognitive and Adaptive Neuroscience Laboratory (UMR 7364), University of Strasbourg.
Accessibility Disability
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Prerequisites
None
Content of the intervention
- Why and how to cooperate with captive animals
- The importance of choice and agency, and how to give animals meaningful options and control.
- Practical tools and methods such as clicker training and other positive reinforcement strategies (applications in restraint, sampling, administration procedures…).
- Applied examples: video demonstrations and interactive exercises with participants to connect theory and practice.
Teaching resources
- Interactive video conference sessions
- Digital learning materials sent to participants
- Certificate of completion
Assessment method
Knowledge assessment in the form of multiple choice questions
Access time
Response within 48 hours, depending on the schedule