Committee

Institutional Animal Ethics Committee

The following members are nominated after obtaining their consent as members of the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Indian Institute of Medical Science & Research. Warudi, Tq. Badnapur, Dist. Jalna.

Objectives

Experiments shall be performed in every case by or under the supervision of a person duly qualified in that behalf, that is, Degree or Diploma holders in veterinary science or medicine or laboratory Animal science of a university or an Institution recognised by Government for the purpose and under the responsibility of the person performing the experiment. That experiment performed with due care and humanity and that as far as possible experiments involving operations are performed under the influence of some Anaesthetic of sufficient power to prevent the Animal feeling pain. That Animal which, in the course of experiment under the influence of Anaesthetics, are so injured that their recovery would involve serious suffering are ordinarily destroyed while still insensible. That experiment on Animals are avoided whenever it is possible to do so. That experiments on larger Animals are avoided when it is possible to achieve the same results by experiments upon small laboratory Animals like Guinea pigs, Rabbit, Mice, Rats, Etc.