SGV: "Since 1987 an intermediary between animal welfare and research for the benefit of humans and animals"
We are a key partner for the authorities, scientists and the public. Our dedication is to promote the 3Rs (REPLACE, REDUCE, REFINE) and the animal welfare and ethical considerations in animal experimentation.
We organize, support and offer:
- A two-day scientific meeting and a symposium at the annual meeting of the Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2).
- We initiates and support different networks and working groups promoting the aims of the SGV.
- Each year our society awards a prize to an outstanding contribution to the 3Rs and animal welfare in the field of laboratory animal science.
- We give financial support granted to young researchers attending training courses or meetings and persons who will actively promote and implement the 3Rs and we also financially support projects related to the goals of the SGV with the “SGV 25 years fund".

Save the date for the SGV Meeting 28/29 Nov. 2023 in Zurich
SGV's annual meeting will take place on 28-29 Novembre 2023 at the Technopark in Zurich.

SGV Newsletter #52 2021
It is time to talk about animal experimentation. With a SPECIAL ISSUE COMMUNICATION ON ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION!
Publications:
The actual SGV Awardees
Prof Würbel gives us an interview about propriately designed and analysed animal experiments that are robust and reproducible, and truly add to the knowledge base and therefore reduces the use of animals.
Prof Patricja Nowak-Sliwinska points out accelerating the development and use of models and tools, based on the latest science and technologies, can improve important scientific questions without the use of animals and therefore replace them.
Prof Jane Hurst from the University of Liverpool gives us a interisting interview with tunneling of mice as a good example for refinement.
Contact
Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (SGV)
c/o PD Dr. Birgit Ledermann
Novartis
PO Box
4056 Basel
Switzerland