AnimalTestInfo – Database on animal experimentation projects in Germany

Non-Technical Project Summary for Animal Experiments Provide an Overview

Since the third amendment of the Animal Welfare Act and the Animal Laboratory Animal Ordinance came into force in 2013, a non-technical project summary (NTS) must be included with every application for approval of a project involving an animal experiment. The BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment publishes the NTS online in the AnimalTestInfo database to keep the general public informed about animal experiments. Additionally, the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment transmits those NTS to the European database ALURES.

NTSs reveal information about the purposes of animal experiments, about the intended benefits, and about the injuries and other harms that might be expected for the animals used. NTSs also contain information on the number and species of animals (mice, rats, etc.) intended to be used, as well as all measures adopted to avoid the use of animals in advance (replacement), or to reduce their numbers in the experiment (reduction), or to improve their well-being (refinement).