Gunatilake Mangala
Department of Physiology Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo Colombo Sri Lanka.
Animal Model Exp Med. 2018 Apr 19;1(1):3-6. doi: 10.1002/ame2.12003. eCollection 2018 Mar.
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (UCFM), is the forerunner in the laboratory animal science (LAS) field in Sri Lanka. Here laboratory animals such as rats, frogs and rabbits were used in medical education to demonstrate physiological principles in the early 1950s. The establishment of the first animal house in 1969 at UCFM better facilitated the use of laboratory animals in medical education and research. By 2006, lack of ethical guide lines was an issue and a set of ethical guidelines was developed and published in 2009, which today are followed by researchers and reviewers in many universities and research institutions in the country. With this development, there was a need for an organized system of education for the LAS discipline. This was fulfilled by conducting the first certificate course on LAS in the Asian region in 2011 in collaboration with the Utrecht University, Netherlands. The Sri Lanka Association for LAS has continued LAS education since its establishment in 2012 at UCFM by conducting workshops and short courses.
科伦坡大学医学院（UCFM）是斯里兰卡实验动物科学（LAS）领域的先驱。20世纪50年代初，大鼠、青蛙和兔子等实验动物被用于医学教育，以演示生理学原理。1969年，UCFM建立了首个动物房，这为医学教育和研究中实验动物的使用提供了更好的便利。到2006年，缺乏伦理准则成为一个问题，于是在2009年制定并发布了一套伦理准则，如今该国许多大学和研究机构的研究人员和评审人员都在遵循这些准则。随着这一发展，需要为LAS学科建立一个有组织的教育体系。2011年，与荷兰乌得勒支大学合作，在亚洲地区举办了首个LAS证书课程，满足了这一需求。自2012年在UCFM成立以来，斯里兰卡实验动物科学协会通过举办研讨会和短期课程继续开展LAS教育。
