Animal Welfare Organisation (IvD)
Pursuant to the Dutch Experiments on Animals Act, every organisation performing animal tests must establish an Animal Welfare Organisation (IvD).
The mission of BPRC's IvD is to ensure that BPRC's laboratory animals lead the best possible lives, based on the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement), and in accordance with current legislation.
IvD will check the detailed information provided by the persons seeking to conduct the study. IvD will assess proposed protocol amendments after the protocol has been authorised, as information may be released during the course of a study which may
- result in better scientific results, and/or
- improve the lives of the animals used in the study.
Alternatively, unexpected problems may occur which may cause the researcher's plans to be changed.