The number of animals used for scientific purposes will be decreased by rerunning the experiments on the same animal as long as this does not hinder the achievement of the scientific goal and does not worsen the state of the animal. This is provided in a draft law that was passed by Parliament in the final reading on October 19, IPN reports.
The growers, suppliers and users should have appropriate installations and equipment that meet the requirements for lodging species of animals and that enable to conduct experiments in an efficient way and cause stress the least to the animals. Also, the subjects should possess an authorization issued by the National Food Safety Agency.
The law bans the use in experiments of animals without an owner, stray and non-domesticized animals of domestic species. The animals should be killed only by methods that cause pain, suffering or stress the least, in the unit of a grower, supplier or user, only by trained personnel.
The death as the end point of an experiment is avoided when it is possible and is replaced by early and human end points. If death cannot be avoided as an end point, the experiment is planned so that it leads to the death of a smaller number of animals, reduces the length and intensity of the animals’ suffering to a minimum and ensures a painless death if it is possible.
When this is not possible, the experiments are conducted under general/local anesthesia or analgesics are used to make sure that the pain, suffering or stress are reduced to a minimum.
