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Organisations and institutions which have a facility in which animals are used for experimental and other scientific or educational purposes are required by law to have an Animal Welfare Body - OPBA.

The OPBA of the University of Trento is composed of the animal welfare managers, the veterinary doctors responsible for the facility, a scientific member, an expert in animal testing, a bioethics expert, a biostatistics expert and a delegate of the Rector.

The body expresses reasoned technical-scientific and ethical evaluations of research projects which use animals for scientific purposes, evaluating:

  • the correct application of the rules, and in particular of Legislative Decree n. 26 of 4 March 2014, “Implementation of the 2010/63/EU directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes”;
  • the technical and scientific importance of the project;
  • the obligations deriving from the European and International pharmacopoeias for the development and safety of pharmaceuticals, and from toxicology reports relating to chemical and natural substances;
  • the possibility of substituting one or more procedures with alternative methods;
  • the suitable training and congruity of the professional roles of the user personnel indicated in the project
  • a harm/benefit analysis.

Research projects which require the use of animals can be carried out only after obtaining ministerial authorisation.

Requests for evaluations

Any research requiring experimentation on animals must be submitted to OPBA for evaluation.

In order to obtain the necessary evaluation to proceed with the experimentation, those responsible for the project must contact the Body to obtain information on the procedure to follow.

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