The handling of laboratory animals is clearly regulated. In addition to the legal requirements, we provide you with specific technical information, explanations and forms on this page. Animal experiments must be managed with the web application "animex-ch". Relevant information can be found on the subpage "animex-ch".
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Ethical guidelines for animal experiments
01.09.2025: The Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation (ECAE) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences has revised the Ethical guidelines for animal experiments. The document is primarily intended for researchers who conduct animal experiments. The purpose of the guidelines is to specify the existing scope for discretion and to encourage researchers to consciously reflect on their treatment of laboratory animals.
Ethical guidelines for animal experiments, Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation
Technical information and explanatory notes on applications, authorisations, reports and announcements can be found under "Forms".
If the animex.ch application cannot be accessed or authorisation procedures are transacted outside animex-ch the forms are available here.
Further technical information on selected topics can be found under "In detail".
Information on education and training events in the field of animal experimentation can be found in animex-ch and on the page animal experiments > Education and further training.
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Animal experimentation
Laboratory animal facility
Genetically modified lines or mutants with an impaired phenotype
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English translations
English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. These translations do not correspond to the latest versions of the legislative texts. They are provided for information purposes only and have no legal force.
Last modification 01.09.2025
