Animal Welfare Team

In the Institute there are principles of animal using described by the animal welfare team. Among them are:

• basic rules,
• matters connected with obtaining and transporting of the animals,
• principles of keeping the animals,
• duties of veterinarian,
• proceedings of sacrificing and utilisation of animals used in the experiment,
• rules of making procedure documentation and animal record,
• principles of using animals in KIAPAN PAS (Zasady postępowania ze zwierzętami w IFŻZ PAN)
• purchase or acquire order for animals used in scientific procedures, (Zamówienie na zakup lub pozyskanie zwierząt do celów doświadczalnych)
• principles of indicating people responsible for leading, performing and participating in procedures,
• according to the legally binding Act of protection of animals used in scientific or educational purposes on 15 January 2015 (Journal of Laws, item 266 with further amendments),
• people seeking Local Ethical Committee permission for performing studies on animals are obligated to receive from the Leader of the unit registered as a user (The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences) the designation to play in the study the indicated function,
• the document is issued by the personnel officer on interested person request, after the approval of the Director of the Institute,
• specimens of application of indicating and specimens of documents required during the acceptance procedure of using animals for scientific or educational purposes are available on Ministry of Education and Science website: http://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja-i-nauka/dokumenty-wymagane-do-ubiegania-sie-o-zgode-na-przeprowadzenie-doswiadczenia/,
• experiment, that can be performed without the agreement of Local Ethical Committee and which assumed studies on animals held in the KIAPAN PAS, should be accepted by the Director of the Institute.

Motions for designation

      – motion – planning person (wniosek-osoba planująca)
      – motion – planning person who is not a Institute worker (wniosek-osoba planująca nie będąca pracownikiem)
      – motion – participation person  (wniosek-osoba uczestnicząca)
      – motion – caring person (wniosek-osoba opiekująca)
      – motion – performer (wniosek-osoba wykonująca)
      – motion – performer who is not a Institute worker (wniosek-osoba wykonująca nie będąca pracownikiem)
      – motion – sacryfing person (wniosek-osoba uśmiercająca)

Training courses

Members of Animal Welfare team and indicated workers of the Institute, according to the Directive of Minister of Science and Higher Education on 5 May 2015 on the matter of training courses, traineeships and internships for people using animals for scientific or educational purposes (Journal of Laws 2015, item 628), are leading training courses for people:

• responsible for planning procedures and experiments and their performance;
• performing the procedures;
• participating in performing procedures;
• sacryfing animals used in the experiments;
• taking care of animals kept in the unit;
• responsible for supervision of people taking care of animals kept in the unit and the welfare of those animals.

Training courses are organised for new workers (if needed) and other people interested after the motion of the Director of the Institute or the Leader of Animal Welfare Team.

Person responsible for the training courses organisation is Jarosław Woliński, PhD, DSc, Institute professor.

Legals acts

• Act on 15 January 2015 on protection of animals used in scientific or educational procedures (Ustawa z dnia 15 stycznia 2015 r. o ochronie zwierząt wykorzystywanych do celów naukowych lub edukacyjnych)

• Directory of Minister of Science and Higher Education on 5 May 2015 on the matter of training courses, traineeships and internships for people using animals for scientific or educational purposes (Rozporządzenie Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego z dnia 5 maja 2015 r. w sprawie szkoleń, praktyk i staży dla osób wykonujących czynności związane z wykorzystywaniem zwierząt do celów naukowych lub edukacyjnych)

• Directory of Minister of Science and Higher Education on 4 November 2015 on the matter of information concerning animals used in procedures and the manner of giving such information (Rozporządzenie Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego z dnia 4 listopada 2015 r. w sprawie informacji dotyczących zwierząt wykorzystywanych w procedurach oraz trybu przekazywania tych informacji)

• Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (Dyrektywa Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady 2010/63/UE z dnia 22 września 2010 r. w sprawie ochrony zwierząt wykorzystywanych do celów naukowych)

• Directory of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14 December 2016 on minimal requirements for unit, and minimal requirements in the scope of taking care of animals kept in this unit (Journal of Laws 2016, item 2139).(Rozporządzenie Ministra Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi z dnia 14 grudnia 2016 r. w sprawie minimalnych wymagań, jakie powinien spełniać ośrodek, oraz minimalnych wymagań w zakresie opieki nad zwierzętami utrzymywanymi w ośrodku (Dz.U. 2016 poz. 2139) 

• Materials that can be useful for people planning experiment on animals are available on the National Ethical Committee website: https://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja-i-nauka/krajowa-komisja-etyczna-do-spraw-doswiadczen-na-zwierzetach

• Zasady postępowania ze zwierzętami w IFŻZ PAN

• Zamówienie na zakup lub pozyskanie zwierząt do celów doświadczalnych