Animal care is in compliance with the company internal rules – SOPs, arising from the Czech legislation and international standard guidelines and regulations.

We respect:

Council directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provision of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes

Proposal of Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (presented by the Commission), COM (2008) 543/5

Guidelines on the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (National Advisory Committee for Laboratory Animal Research, 2004)

Czech Law No. 409/2008, and subsequent modifications thereof, concerning the protection of animals against maltreatment.

Decree 39/2009 of the Ministry of Agriculture on animal breeding and the use of experimental animals

Commission recommendation of 18 June 2007 on guidelines for the accommodation and care of animals for experimental and other scientific purposes (notified under document number C(2007) 2525)

Ethical Codex of Welfare

Laboratory animals are used exclusively for research and development of pharmaceutical products designed for veterinary medicine.

Domestic and farm animals are included in experiments when they are target species for the test item in question.

All studies are subject to an approval of the professional Ethic Committee established in our company as well as of the Departmental Commission of Experts of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. This includes authorizing the use of animals for experimental study.

Whenever approved alternative methods are available for a type of a study, animals are not used in the study.

When the type of a given study permits, the number of animals included is reduced to the minimum in accordance with the principles of “Three Rs” – Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animals in experiments.

All the staff is periodically trained in subjects of animal behavior, animal breeding and welfare regulations.

Stables fulfill the welfare regulations for each category of animals and are tailored to the individual category of animals (cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, etc.).

Environmental conditions are monitored in each stable and systems of environmental condition regulation are installed.

All animals are under daily veterinary inspection and care.