Animal Welfare Committees
Each faculty that works with laboratory animals has a committee that helps maintain high professional standards for animal experiments across the faculty's animal facilities.
Purpose of animal welfare committees
The Animal Welfare Committee aims to ensure high animal welfare standards in all aspects of work with laboratory animals at the faculty.
The committee acts as the official animal welfare body for the faculty and works in accordance with the Executive Order on Animal Experiments (PDF) (in Danish).
- Advice and coordination regarding the acquisition, housing, care and use of laboratory animals, including exotic species.
- Ensuring compliance with the 3Rs principles: Replacement, Reduction and Refinement, as well as providing ongoing information about technical and scientific developments in the field.
- Preparation and maintenance of internal procedures for monitoring, reporting and follow-up on animal welfare.
- Case processing and advice in connection with applications for animal experiments and rehabilitation/rehousing of animals.
- Monitoring the development of research projects with a focus on the consequences for animal welfare and identifying further opportunities for improvement.
