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Reports

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16.12.2021
Report
 Figures on Laboratory Animals Used in 2020 1.1 MB
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Recommendations

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14.05.2023
Recommendation No 011/2023
 Transportation of Laboratory Animals 82.9 KB
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Infographic

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Figure 3: Percentage breakdown of the laboratory animals used for the respective experimental purposes in 2019 and 2020 1.5 MB
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Figure 2: Severity of the experiments carried out in 2020 in accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 2 TierSchG, shown according to number of animals and proportions 1.5 MB
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Figure 1: Numbers and proportions of the animal species used in animal experiments in 2020 (in accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 2 TierSchG) 1.5 MB
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FAQs

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01.03.2023 Questions and answers on animal experiments at the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
16.12.2021 Questions and answers on animal experiments, alternative methods and animal experiment numbers
29.01.2016 Questions and Answers on the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R)
04.12.2014 AnimalTestInfo Database

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Flyer

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Date Title Size
08.09.2020
Flyer
 THE WHOLE STORY with the ANIMAL STUDY REGISTRY 944.5 KB
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08.09.2020
Flyer
 THE WHOLE STORY with the ANIMAL STUDY REGISTRY (Register für Tierversuche)
in englischer Sprache 		944.5 KB
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09.06.2016
Flyer
 Bf3R Remit, Objectives and Areas of Competence 72.6 KB
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Other documents

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Alternative OECD Test Guidelines - Summer 2021 530.3 KB
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Press releases

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Date Title Keywords
16.12.2021
49/2021
 Number of Laboratory Animals Used Decreases Significantly
01.07.2021
29/2021
 Promoting transparency to avoid animal experiments
23.04.2021
16/2021
 Success in the protection of laboratory animals: more transparency and animal welfare
22.02.2021
08/2021
 Using artificial intelligence to hunt for breast cancer
20.12.2017
52/2017
 New options for more animal welfare: deeper insight into animal tests promotes targeted development of alternative methods
23.06.2017
24/2017
 Support in the protection of laboratory animals: Better results with fewer animals and less suffering
17.03.2017
11/2017
 Better Protection of Laboratory Animals
09.12.2016
50/2016
 BfR method for targeted genome data comparison of humans and animals receives research prize
16.06.2016
21/2016
 Fewer animal experiments due to optimal animal model selection
25.04.2016
14/2016
 More research for more animal protection
17.12.2015
39/2015
 Alternative method to animal experiments used for testing Botulinum Neurotoxin-containing medical products
24.04.2015
11/2015
 More research on the protection of test animals needed
08.08.2014
21/2014
 Assessment of pain and suffering in test animals

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Topic pages

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3R Principle
Alternative Methods for Toxicology
Animal Husbandry, Aquaculture and Reference Materials
Department Experimental Toxicology and ZEBET
Unit Animal Welfare and Knowledge Transfer
Unit Laboratory Animal Science
Unit Strategies for Toxicological Assessments
Unit: Centre for Documentation and Evaluation of Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments (ZEBET)

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Third party projects

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Project
Deferoxamine (DFO/Desferal®) to accelerate bone healing and treat fracture healing disorders (PROOF-DESFERAL)
01.03.2021 - 29.02.2024
3D Bioprinting of humanized liver model for infection and cancer studies (EC3R)
01.07.2022 - 30.06.2024
Expanding the scope and reaching regulatory acceptance of the impedance-based eye irritation test (ImAI-2)
01.07.2023 - 30.06.2025
Project
Validation of an impedance-based test for eye damage which allows the identification of all GHS categories (ImAI)
01.06.2020 - 31.05.2023

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Communication

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02.05.2023
Communication No 020/2023
 Protection of laboratory animals: The killing of a ”surplus” animal must be carefully weighed up in each individual case 45.5 KB
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22.04.2022
BfR communication no. 012/2022
 "Reporting registers" for animal studies help science - and animal welfare 99.8 KB
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05.01.2022
BfR Communication No. 003/2022
 Protection of laboratory animals: The point of view of the animals should be considered with regard to their housing conditions in the laboratory 173.4 KB
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07.10.2021
BfR Communication No 029/2021
 Counted: Animal Experiments in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic 235.3 KB
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20.05.2020
BfR Communication No. 023/2020
 A test reveals 'secret' hormones 110.1 KB
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11.02.2020
BfR Communication No 010/2020
 Animal welfare provisions and good laboratory practice: German federal states ("Länder") investigate possible breaches by an animal experiment laboratory 129.2 KB
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01.06.2018
BfR Communication No 016/2018
 Robotic arm and bone-on-a-chip: Schoolgirls meet BfR scientists at the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals 27.9 KB
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22.06.2017
BfR Communication No 010/2017
 German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R) at the Long Night of the Sciences: Animal experiments and alternatives 24.5 KB
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13.04.2017
BfR Communication No 004/2017
 In cooperation with the Netherlands: Increasing acceptance of alternative test strategies to tests with animals 29.6 KB
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Videos

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  • 28.02.2024 2:00 Min
    BfR joined the German Reproducibility Network
    BfR joined the German Reproducibility Network The German Reproducibility Network (GRN) is a cross-disciplinary consortium that aims to increase trustworthiness and...

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