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INSTITUTIONAL ANIMALS ETHICS COMMITTEE:

Experimental Animal Welfare Committee ( EAWC)

Institutional Animal Ethics Committee ( IAEC) 

The Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (I.A.E.C.) cleared projects on small animals (Rodents) of various investigators of Institute and large animal’s projects cleared by CPCSEA (Committee for Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals) through IAEC.  The above committee periodically meets to clear the ethical clearance of various research projects sanctioned under extra mural scheme.

The Institutional Animal Ethics Committee has provided the permission to maintain the departmental animals for Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Dr. R.P. Centre, AIIMS. 

All small animals of rodents colony are maintained by us in the Central Animal facility, AIIMS.

The various activities of this unit are categorized as follows.

Small Animal (Rodents):

The averages of the following rodents animals/month (24.07.18 to 23.08.18) have been maintained.

1.         Rats (Wistar)                                        -                       1351

2.         Rats (Sprague Dawley)                        -                         357

3.         Mice (Swiss)                                        -                         700

4.         Mice Biopsy                                         -                         320

5.         Mice C57BL/6                                     -                         290

6.         Rabbits (New Zealand)                        -                         130

7.         Guinea Pigs (Dunken Hartley)            -                           62

Breeding Programme:

The breeding of rodents like Rats, Mice, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits  is done by the Central Animal Facility to fulfill the requirement of the investigators for teaching, diagnostic and research purposes of the various departments of the Institute.

Surgical and Clinical procedures: 

The surgical procedures and radiological investigations were performed by various departments on small animals in the Central Animals Facility of the Institute.

The following laboratory facilities are provided by the Central Animal Facility to various investigators viz vacuum drying of sera, and storage of serum samples, blood sample collection, Microscope and X-ray Facility.

Experimental Surgery:

Surgical procedures and radiological investigations were performed by various departments, small and large animals in the Central Animals Facility of the Institute. 

Photographs of latest improvement and up gradation of Central Animal Facility