ICLAS Network for Promotion of Animal Quality in Research

  ICLAS Animal Quality Network

Aims:

The ICLAS Animal Quality Network was established in 2006 as a joint initiative of ICLAS and laboratories involved in the health monitoring and/or genetics of laboratory animals

The objectives of the Network are to develop programs that fulfil ICLAS aims of:

·         improving and maintaining the quality of animals used in research,

·         raising awareness of the importance of high quality laboratory animals among the scientific community.

The Network currently runs two programs:

Performance Evaluation Program for Diagnostic Laboratories (PEP) - a scientifically robust program designed to enable diagnostic laboratories worldwide to monitor the sensitivity and specificity of their health monitoring assays.

Genetic Quality Monitoring Program (GQMP) – a program focused on the genetic monitoring of rodents with the following objectives:

·         to promote education and training to increase awareness of the importance of genetic quality monitoring,

·         to provide advice and guidance on genetic quality testing,

·         to establish a self- assessment genetic monitoring program.