Information about Animal Experiments, Animal Welfare and 3Rs

Animal experimental licence applications

Reduction of surplus animals

Tips for Newcomers: Everything you need to know about applying for animal experiments "in a nutshell"

Links for topics such as Animal experimentation, Animal Welfare and 3Rs

For persons performing or directing animal experiments

Office for Animal Welfare & 3R

Animal experiments at UZH

Animal Welfare Officers

3R Coordination

Biostatistics Consulting

Contact Office for Animal Welfare & 3R:

Y13G01
Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich

Animal Welfare Officers
Tel. +41 44 63 58292 (Dr. Michaela Thallmair)
+41 44 63 56709 (Dr. Corina Berset)
+41 44 63 56713 (Dr. Nicole Wildner)
+41 44 586 65 99 (Dr. Melania Osto)

Mail Animal Welfare Officers

3R Coordinator

Dr. Paulin Jirkof
Tel: +41 44 63 58294

Mail 3R Coordinator

Biostatistics Consulting

Dr. Bernadetta Tarigan
Tel: +41 44 63 55855
 math.uzh.ch/animalwelfare

Mail Biostat. Consulting

UZH in collaboration with STS rehomes former laboratory animals.

More information here.

Animal Sharing is a platform in iRATS enabling researchers to transfer surplus animals into a so-called  Sharing Pool from where other researchers can obtain them, e.g. for pilot experiments. Animal Sharing contributes to the reduction principle of 3R. If an animal cannot be shared via the Sharing Pool in iRATS, there are other possibilities. The Office for Animal Welfare and 3R will support you with sharing of animal cadavers, organs, cells and tissues.

On the website you find SOPs (mice), recommendations for the use of Ethiqa and a template for a Rodent Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Surgery Record.

If you want to share recently approved SOPs with other researchers you can send your SOPs with the corresponding license numbers to the AWOs (tierwohl(at)research.uzh.ch).

Calls and tips for 3Rs research funding

UZH 3R Award