Back
Full-text
Journal article

Alternatives to Carbon Dioxide-Taking Responsibility for Humanely Ending the Life of Animals.

  • Axiak Flammer S Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Section of Anesthesia and Analgesia, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne, Laenggassstrasse 124, 3012 Bern, Switzerland. shannon.axiak@vetsuisse.unibe.ch.
  • Eskes C Directorate Swiss 3R Competence Centre, Hochschulstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Kohler I Division of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Schwarzenburgstrasse 155, 3003 Bern, Switzerland. Ingrid.Kohler@blv.admin.ch.
  • Pernet AO Division of International Affairs, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Schwarzenburgstrasse 155, 3003 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Jakob P Division of Food Hygiene and Nutrition, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Schwarzenburgstrasse 155, 3003 Bern, Switzerland.
  • Marahrens M Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Dörnbergstraße 25/27, 29223 Celle, Germany.
  • Gent TC Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Services, Section of Anaesthesiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 258c, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Golledge H Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire AL4 8AN, UK.
  • Weary D Animal Welfare Program, University of British Colombia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Show more…
  • 2019-07-27
Published in:
  • Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. - 2019
carbon dioxide
euthanasia
laboratory animals
English Carbon dioxide (CO2) is commonly used to kill rodents. However, a large body of research has now established that CO2 is aversive to them. A multidisciplinary symposium organized by the Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office discussed the drawbacks and alternatives to CO2 in euthanasia protocols for laboratory animals. Dialogue was facilitated by brainstorming sessions in small groups and a "World Café". A conclusion from this process was that alternatives to CO2 were urgently required, including a program of research and extension to meet the needs for humane killing of these animals. The next step will involve gathering a group of international experts to formulate, draft, and publish a research strategy on alternatives to CO2.
Language
  • English
Open access status
gold
Identifiers
Persistent URL
https://sonar.ch/global/documents/192650
Statistics
Document views: 21 File downloads:
  • Full-text: 0