Animal Experimentation Ordinance
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Art. 28 Content of applications for approval of a laboratory animal facility
(Art. 122 AniWO) Applications for the approval of laboratory animal facilities must contain the following information: a. a statement of the purpose of the laboratory animal facility; b. animal species housed in the facility and capacity of the facility for each species; c. number and size of rooms, such as animal stalls, laboratory, rooms for procedures and support rooms, as well as air conditioning and lighting; d. housing installations, hygiene standards and access arrangements, as well as cleaning standards; e. monitoring standards for feeding, the cages and the animal stalls; f. details on the origin, genetic modification, marking and husbandry of the animals; g. details on the method of production, breeding and husbandry of genetically modified animals or lines that have a clinical pathological phenotype; h. health monitoring; i. disposal of animal cadavers; j. emergency concept; k. name of the head of the facility and his or her deputy; l. number and qualification of personnel;
Art. 29 Content of reports on laboratory animal facilities
(Art. 145 para. 1 let. b AniWO) 1 Reports on laboratory animal facilities must contain the following information: a. number of animals born in the facility, counted at the time of weaning; b. number of animals imported from abroad. 2 The numbers of animals shall be itemised by animal species. 3 Lines that have a clinical pathological phenotype shall be reported individually. Their designation must match that in the data sheet. 4 In the case of lines free of clinical pathological phenotype, the following may be summarised per species: a. genetically modified lines; b. non-genetically modified lines.
Art. 29 Content of reports on laboratory animal facilities
(Art. 145 para. 1 let. b and 1bis AniWO) 1 Reports on laboratory animal facilities for each calendar year must contain the following information: a. the number of animals born in the facility; b. the number of imported animals; c. the number of animals that have not been used in an animal experiment and: 1. have been supplied to third parties, or 2. have been killed or have died. 2 The numbers of animals shall be itemised by animal species. 3 The numbers of animals shall be specified as follows: a. numbers in accordance with paragraph 1 letter a: 1. for mice and rats: from day 9 after birth, 2. for fish and amphibians: from the free-feeding stage, 3. for birds: from the date of hatching; b. numbers in accordance with paragraph 1 letter b: 1. for imported eggs and larvae of fish and amphibians: from the free-feeding stage, 2. for bird eggs: from the date of hatching; c. numbers in accordance with paragraph 1 letter c: 1. for fish and amphibians: from the free-feeding stage, 2. for birds
Art. 29 — Amended by No I of the FSVO O of 20 Dec. 2024, in force since 1 Feb. 2025 (AS 2025 25).
Art. 30 Content of applications for the approval of animal experiments
(Art. 139 para. 1 AniWO) Applications for the approval of animal experiments must contain the following information: a. species, number, gender and origin of animals that are to be used; b. information on the use of genetically modified animals or mutants that have a clinical pathological phenotype, including the data sheet in accordance with Article 23 of this Ordinance and, where applicable, the decision in accordance with Article 127 AniWO; c. address of the laboratory animal facility; d. rooms, infrastructure and location of experiment to be conducted; e. names of the resource manager, study director, deputies and persons conducting the experiments; f. number and qualification of personnel; g. objective of experiment; h. methodology, including timetable for different parts of experiment and times for interim analysis and, where necessary, interim reports; i. total duration of experiment; j. likely impact of strain on the condition of the animals, including degree of severity of str
Art. 31 Content of reports on animal experiments
(Art. 145 para. 2 AniWO) 1 Reports on animal experiments must contain the following information: a. species of the animals used and, where applicable, details of the genetically modified lines or lines with a clinical pathological phenotype to which they belong; b. number of animals used per calendar year; c. origin of animals; d. strain on animals; e. use of animals after the experiment; f. results and assessment of the experiment. 2 The reports shall be written for animal experiments performed and not performed.