Plan De Préparation à Une Pandémie Mondiale Dans Les Animaleries De Laboratoire: LâExemple Du Covid-19

Coping ethically with drastic changes such as those occurring in times of pandemics is a very difficult challenge for animal facilities and researchers using animals for scientific purposes. It is quite impossible in fact to deal with such situations without a dedicated contingency plan. Any disaster plan will not do because, fortunately, pandemics are rare events and, as such, they are not included in all plans. We present here different avenues to cope with the drastic changes that may occur in the case on a pandemic, focusing on each and every action to optimize the minimal conservation of models and, at the same time, for ensuring continuous high standards of animal welfare. The proposed approach is a graduated one, considering research, researchers, animal caretakers, supply chain and logistics.