Opfølgende svar på spørgsmål fra Miljø- og Fødevareudvalget vedr. alternativer til
dyreforsøg.
Spørgsmålet blev stillet ved SVD – Frivillignet for Dyreforsøgs foretræde ved Miljø og
Fødevareministeriets Udvalg i det danske Folketing den 7. december 2016.
Vi har konsulteret vores videnskabelige rådgiver Andre Menache, Direktør for Antidote Europe,
og svaret bringes her - først på engelsk og derefter oversat til dansk.
Vedhæftet, som bilag til svaret, er også ”Krewski et al. 2011-Future directions in toxicity
testing”
Venlig hilsen
Silvana Maria Pellerini Adam
SVD – Frivillignet for Stop af Dyreforsøg
ENG
There exist many alternatives to animal experiments and they can be divided into two
categories.
The first category applies to alternatives that must be validated for regulatory purposes (for
marketing).
There are about 50 alternative methods that have been validated by EURL-ECVAM (this is the
official EU body that validates alternative methods).
An example of a validated alternative method would be the use of donated
human blood for quality control of medical drugs, to make sure that they are sterile. This test
method can be used to replace the use of rabbits. However, there is no legal obligation for
pharmaceutical companies to use the non-animal test, so they can continue to use the rabbit
test if they wish.
https://eurl-ecvam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
The second category applies to alternatives that do not need to be validated because there is
no marketing authorisation required. For example, a university researcher may decide to study
the function of a cell at the molecular level. This work can be done using animal cells or human
cells.
If the researcher decides to use human cells instead of animal cells, this would be called an
alternative.
There are many alternatives in education, for example the use of synthetic models, computer
simulations, mannekins, etc. Please see :
http://www.interniche.org/
Example of alternatives in medical training:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWonjAsLWKw
See also article attached.
The two biggest uses of animals in science today are fundamental research (60 - 70% of all
animal experiments) and regulatory toxicology.(10 - 20% of all animal experiments).
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