ANALYSIS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEGISLATION CONCERNING THE USE OF ANIMALS IN TEACHING AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AT THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Ethics commissions. Bioethics and use of animals. Research.
In order to comply with the law, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) created, in October 2008, its Committee on Ethics in the Use of Animals (CEUA), a permanent committee of a consultative, deliberative, educational, autonomous nature, linked to Dean of Research (PROPESQ), constituted under the terms of Law No. 11,794, of 10/08/2008, and Resolution No. 879, of 02/15/2008, of the Federal Council of Veterinary Medicine (CFMV) . The purpose of CEUA-UFRN is to comply with and enforce, within the scope of the institution and within the limits of its attributions, the provisions of the legislation applicable to the creation and/or use of animals, of the Phylum Chordata and subphylum vertebrata, for teaching and research. , characterizing its role as educational, consultative, advising and supervising in matters relating to the terms of the law. Given the above, the general objective of the present study is to analyze compliance with the legislation regarding the use of animals in teaching and scientific research, specifically regarding the 3Rs Principle, at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.