The Animal House Facility at Gurukul Kangri (Deemed to be University) was established in 2010 to accomplish the requirements of researchers/faculty for in vivo experiments or animal requirements in immunology, preclinical research, and drug discovery processes. Animal House is registered with the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India (Reg. No. 1324/GO/Re/S/2010/CCSEA), and has an established Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) that recommends the protocols submitted by researchers/investigators and also directs them to follow the guidelines regarding the care and use of animals. The IAEC confirms that each project meets the standards given in the CPCSEA Guide on the Use of Laboratory Animals for Experiments.
The animal house, GK (DTBU), was constructed in a separate space behind the Department of Botany and Microbiology with separate compartment for each species of animal. Each species of animal is housed in barrier-maintained individual rooms to avoid disease transmission and interspecies conflicts. All efforts are made to maintain the animals under controlled environmental conditions, a 12 hr light and dark cycle with 100% fresh air exchange in animal rooms, and uninterrupted power and water supply. A high degree of hygienic conditions is being maintained around the animals as per the CPCSEA guidelines. Regular disinfection of animal rooms and cleaning and sterilization of cages, water bottles, bedding, etc. are practiced. The various records of the animals are maintained by manual recordkeeping.
A number of students from different departments, like the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, and Department of Botany and Microbiology, are working in the animal house for their master’s and Ph.D. research projects. Presently, we have rat (Wistar) and mouse (Swiss albino) strains in the animal house.
Renewal of Registration and Reconstitution of institutional Animals Ethics Committee Letter
