Guidelines for Recording Keeping in Laboratory Animal Facilities

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The Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals outlines the importance of maintaining detailed records in laboratory animal facilities to ensure the well-being and proper management of animals used in experiments. Records ranging from animal house plans, staff health records, SOPs, breeding and stock records to postmortem records and health monitoring are crucial for compliance with regulations and humane treatment of animals.


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  1. CPCSEA Record keeping GUIDELINES FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL FACILITIES: NAME: DR. ANJU SINGH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES C S J M UNIVERSITY

  2. Introduction: The Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA). CPCSEA is duty bound to take all such measures as may be necessary to ensure that animals are not subjected to unnecessary pain or suffering before, during or after performance of experiments on them. For this purpose, the Committee formulated the Breeding of and Experiments on Animals (Control & Supervision) Rules, 1998 to regulate the experimentation on animals. The Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) is a statutory body formed by the Act of the Indian Parliament under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960. Formed in 1964, it was revived in 1998, under the committed chairpersonship of Maneka Gandhi. There are 19 members in the present CPCSEA wherein Dr. O. P. Chaudhary, Joint Secretary (Animal Welfare) is the Chairman of CPCSEA and Dr. S. K. Dutta, Joint Commissioner (Animal Welfare) is the Member Secretary of CPCSEA. (amended in 2001 & 2006)

  3. The Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) is a statutory Committee of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAH&D) constituted under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960. Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) for animal facilities is intended to assure quality maintenance and safety of animals used in laboratory studies while conducting biomedical and behavioral research and testing of products. The goal of these Guidelines is to promote the humane care of animals used in biomedical and behavioral research and testing with the basic objective of providing specifications that will enhance animal well being, quality in the pursuit of advancement of biological knowledge that is relevant to humans and animals.

  4. Recording keeping: It is essential that animal House should maintain following records: Animal House plans, which includes typical floor plan, all fixtures etc. Animal House staff record . Health record of staff and animals . All SOPs relevant to experiments, care, breeding and management of animals Breeding, stock, purchase and sales records . Minutes of institutional Animals Ethics Committee Meetings . Records of experiments conducted with the number of animals used (copy of Form D) .

  5. Mortality, Postmortem Record Clinical record of sick animals Training record of staff involved in animal activities Water, feed and bedding materials analysis report . Health monitoring Records . Rehabilitation Records Why maintain the records for all above parameters

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