More resources and links

Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)

Cantonal veterinary office Zurich

Laws & Guidelines

Ethics

Anesthesia & Analgesia

Score Sheets & Severity Assessment

Refinement: Handling, Housing, Procedures

Alternatives to Animal Experimentation

Biobanks, Tissue Sharing, Databases

Information about planning, preregistration and reporting of animal experiments

The AWOs of UZH and ETH established a few SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for procedures in mice that are used by many ETH and UZH research groups. These SOPs were pre-checked by the Veta and most of them (except GTT, ITT) were approved in the current form.

Website SOPs

The breeding of laboratory animals, particularly genetically altered rodents, inevitably results in the production of individuals that cannot be used for the intended scientific purpose and are therefore considered surplus. This surplus arises for various reasons: some are unavoidable, stemming from biological constraints such as Mendelian inheritance and the limited efficiency of genetic engineering techniques, while others are avoidable and due to management practices or research choices that could be optimized. 

Here you can find more information: 

Collection of resources aiming at minimising surplus animals

LASC information about surplus animals

The Animal Welfare Officers of the UZH and the LASC are happy to assist you further and/or discuss this topic with you. Do not hesitate to contact us: 

 Animal Welfare Officers UZH: tierwohl@research.uzh.ch 

 LASC AFS/Irchel: vivarium.management.irchel@lasc.uzh.ch 

 LASC Schlieren: vivarium.management.schlieren@lasc.uzh.ch