Rolnictwo i żywność · 25/10/1994

Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products; Test Animals

We are proposing to amend the regulations to allow appropriate treatment of sick or injured test animals or the human destruction of dying animals used in the testing of veterinary biological products. The effect of this action would eliminate unnecessary discomfort to animals used in vaccine testing. This amendment would provide the firms with a previously unauthorized option for test animals that are accidentally injured or become ill or exhibit unfavorable reactions for reasons not due to the test. These animals may be removed from the test and treated or humanely destroyed. In addition, test animals that show clinical signs of illness resulting from the test may be treated or humanely destroyed when death is certain to occur without therapeutic intervention. This action is necessary to provide for the treatment or humane destruction of ill or injured test animals under defined conditions, an option not currently allowed by the regulations for test animals as a group.