NEW ANIMAL HOUSE, CRI, KASAULI, HP-173204

MANDATE OF NEW ANIMAL HOUSE

Central Research Institute, Kasauli, HP working under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India is engaged in the production of life saving immunobiologicals (vaccines & Antisera). For testing of these life saving drugs at different stages from production to release/supply with respect to quality control aspects, small animals are used for in vivo testing purposes. Hence, to fulfil the requirement of small lab. animals for testing purpose, an animal house is being run at our own for the production/breeding of Mice, Guinea Pigs & Rabbits.  There are three different animal colonies being run in this Animal House.

1. Mice Colony.
2. Guinea Pig Colony
3. Rabbit Colony.

Mice, Guinea Pigs & Rabbits are produced & maintained in the respective colonies with advance infrastructure/facilities as per CCSEA guidelines to fulfil our internal/Institutional testing needs as well as to supply outside in different Institutions/organisations for research/testing purposes subject to certain terms & conditions.

1. Terms & Conditions for purchase of small lab. animals.

• Attested copy of Minutes of meeting of respective IAEC, taking therein approval of Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA) against the particular Protocol(s) number(s)/ID w.r.t. animals being indented for.
• An undertaking from the Principal Investigator/Competent authority of the Project for which animals are being used, is required stating therein

1. that animals are ordered against the approved Protocol(s) from IAEC have not been procured earlier from any other source & are not exceeding the approved number of animals by IAEC.
2. that animals will be transported as per CCSEA guidelines, later maintained in the Animal House with basic infrastructure/facilities & disposed as per CCSEA guidelines.
3. that the person visiting the Institute for collecting the ordered animals is fully authorized to collect the supply.
4. that the indented animals are required/will be used for Research/testing purpose only.

1. Price List of the lab. animals for purchase: