One of the NCad’s main responsibilities is to provide advice on how to improve the welfare of laboratory animals, how to reduce animal experiments and how to replace animal experiments with animal-free alternatives.
The NCad provides policy advice to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature (LVVN). Advice can also be directed to the Central Authority for Scientific Procedures on Animals (CCD), Animal Welfare Bodies and/or researchers. Examples of our work are guidelines on the purchase, breeding, housing, care and use of animals for experiments.
In the figure below, the process of developing an advice is illustrated.
