Animal Ethics

The Animal Ethics Office is located in the main Administration Building - Room 2.05, North West Wing.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

To accommodate the high volume of applications submitted in the second half of the year, additional meetings have been scheduled. Please note the final meeting of the year is 27 NOVEMBER 2009.

2009 Annual Report forms now available

• Forms and Guidelines - *AEC MEETING DATES UPDATED* 
• Policy Documents
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ETHITEX

 Tissue sharing – The ethical approach to animal research

Ethitex is a 100% Internet-based solution designed to help researchers to comply with the Australian National health and medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) edict:

“Where practicable, investigators should share (tissue) with other investigators...”*

Whilst the NHMRC’s jurisdiction is Australian, the values that inspire this edict are held throughout the world.

Benefits of Ethitex include:

• Reduction in the number of animals used.
• Recognition of your institution’s commitment to ethical research.
• Reduced animal housing cost.
• Provides resources that might not otherwise be available.
• Reduction in compliance costs.

Ethitex Process

 Resource (tissue) owners publish details of the resources that will not be consumed by their research – including the dates of availability.

1. Resource seekers search fro resources that they require, or request to be notified when a suitable resources becomes available.
2. Parties negotiate the details and terms of the resource transaction (anonymously if required).
3. Resource is successfully shared, enhancing both ethical and economic satisfaction for all parties.

 To register for Ethitex, please contact the Animal Ethics Office at aeo@admin.uwa.edu.au

For more information visit: www.ETHITEX.com

*NHMRC: Australian code of practice for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, 6^th Edition, 1997. ISBN 0642272662.