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Introduction to "Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research"

Mitzub'ixi Qu'q Ch'ij

This Guidelines is from Norwegian academic association,  National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT).

Ethics and Experiments on Animals, there are three characteristics that define and mention...

(i) Animals have an intrinsic value which must be respected.

(ii) Animals are sentient creatures with the capacity to feel pain, and the interests of animals must therefore be taken into consideration.

(iii) Our treatment of animals, including the use of animals in research, is an expression of our attitudes and influences us as moral actors.

Ten Guidelines for animal experiment.

1. Respect for animals' dignity

2. Responsibility for considering options (Replace)

3. The principle of proportionality: responsibility for considering and balancing suffering and benefit

4. Responsibility for considering reducing the number of animals (Reduce)

5. Responsibility for minimising the risk of suffering and improving animal welfare (Refine)

6. Responsibility for maintaining biological diversity

7. Responsibility when intervening in a habitat

8. Responsibility for openness and sharing of data and material

9. Requirement of expertise on animals

10. Requirement of due care

Links

• Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research, by NENT

Bibliography

• The Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics in Science and Technology (NENT). Guidelines for research ethics in science and technology (2007) 2016. Oslo.
• Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
• Regulation on the capture and collection of wild animals for scientific or other special purposes (Forskrift om innfanging og innsamling av vilt for vitenskapelige eller andre særlige formål). 2003.
• Regulation on Animal Experimentation (Forskrift om bruk av dyr i forsøk).
• Act of 2 April 1993 No. 38 Relating to the Production and Use of Genetically Modified Organisms, etc. (Gene Technology Act) (Lov om framstilling og bruk av genmodifiserte organismer m.m. 1993).
• The Animal Welfare Act. 2009.
• The ARRIVE Guidelines (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments). 2010.
  
• The Norwegian Food Safety Authority's instructions on the management of the Regulation on Animal Experimentation (Mattilsynets instruks om forvaltningen av Forsøksdyrforskriften):
  
• PREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence) guidelines. 2017.
  

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