The aim of the General Animal Unit Service is to provide the facilities that enable laboratory animals to be used for research and other scientific and teaching purposes, provided that these are carried out in accordance with the legal regulations in force. It provides technical advice to users regarding animals used for experiments and their environment and is responsible for ensuring compliance with the regulations in force governing animals used for scientific purposes. The General Animal Unit Service is made up of three units located on the three UPV/EHU campuses. In each of them, users are considered to be all those researchers and technologists from the UPV/EHU or from other centres or companies who need to use laboratory animals for their research and/or teaching work. Pursuant to the legislation in force, the UPV/EHU possesses an accredited Ethical Committee for Animal Welfare (CEBA), in charge of assessing and monitoring all the research and teaching projects that require the use of animals in order for such activity to be carried out in accordance with the ethical principles and regulations in force. A favourable report issued by CEBA is essential for the use of the Service.
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