Forms
Forms for Animal Experiments
Application Form A August 2020
Explanatory_notes_Form_A_2020 (PDF, 793 KB)
Please also check out the Veterinary Office of Zurich website for specific instructions for Form A in Zurich (German only). The AWOs prepared a Form A with all guidance by the Veterinary Office (status is the date of the file):
Form A EN animex-ch V1.0_incl_guidance_Version_2025-07-17 (DOCX, 114 KB)
All forms for animal experiments (some parts write protected though) can be found on the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) website ("Forms")
More on ethics, refinement and replacement
Planning of Animal Experiments
UZH Policy on Research Involving Animals
Monitoring of genetically modified lines and mutants
The Animal Experimentation Ordinance describes the basics of and how to perform the monitoring of constraints of mutant or genetically modified small rodents and fish.
The LASC has established a checklist and forms for the recording of constraints based on the Animal Experimentation Ordinance in collaboration with the veterinary office Zurich.
For more information, please see here.
Biotechnology
Forms, reporting and applications for activities with pathogens, genetically modified or alien organisms under the Containment Ordinance (Federal Office for the Environment, FOEN)
More resources
Guidance: Animal Experiments and 3Rs