Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (SGV)

We offer:

• Every year we organize a two-day scientific meeting, as well as a symposium at the annual meeting of the Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2).
• Our association initiates and supports different networks and working groups promoting the aims of the SGV.
• Each year our society awards a prize to an outstanding contribution to the 3Rs and animal welfare in the field of laboratory animal science.
• Financial support may be granted to young researchers attending training courses or meetings and persons who will actively promote and implement the 3Rs.
• The SGV financially supports projects related to the goals of the SGV with the “SGV 25 years fund".

NEWS:

POSITION PAPER ON THE PROPOSED BAN OF CARBON DIOXIDE FOR RODENT EUTHANASIA BY FELASA-ESLAV-ECLAM SUPPORTED BY SGV

The use of carbon dioxide for rodent euthanasia is currently a matter of intense debate, with an announced intention to discourage it, or even to prohibit it. A systematic review of publications related to the use of carbon dioxide for euthanasia in mice and rats is being conducted by an IACLAM (International Association of Colleges of Laboratory Animal Medicine) task force. Preliminary results reveal that there is very little scientific evidence supporting its prohibition so far and concluded in recommending additional research.

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