How to Get More Transparency in Animal Experiments - Participation in CIRS-LAS |Biomedgrid

Considering the current state of science, the use of animals in experimental purposes cannot completely be replaced by i.e. chip technology or mathematical approaches. In Europe, every year about 10million laboratory animals are still used in experiments, for teaching, or animal breeding for scientific purposes. Transparency and reproducibility are important tasks we must focus on laboratory animal science. In our everyday work we are faced with critical incidents, near accidents, or comparable negative events. The only way to deal with it is to recognize it, to analyze it, to discuss about it, and to find possible approaches to avoid repeating unsuccessful animal experiments. The task to use 3R guidelines or other animal welfare related resources is more and more asked to fulfill the responsible work with laboratory animals according the 3R principles [1,2].