This course was organized by SLALAS in collaboration with the Comparative Biology Centre of Newcastle University, UK, and was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo from 30th October to 3rd November 2017. The resource persons included Prof Paul Flecknell, Dr Matthew Leach and Dr Kathy Murphy (Newcastle University), Dr Dilshani Dissanayake and Prof. Mangala Gunatilake. The College was associated with the course and awarded 2 CPD points to veterinarians who followed the course.