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NOM-062-ZOO-1999
NOM-062-ZOO-1999 · SADER / SENASICA
Mexico’s official technical standard for laboratory animals, including dogs, centered on an internal care-and-use committee and detailed housing and welfare conditions.
01 What It Is
NOM-062-ZOO-1999 is a Norma Oficial Mexicana, an official Mexican standard, setting the technical specifications for the production, care and use of laboratory animals. Issued under federal animal-health and standardisation law and published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación, it applies to facilities that breed or use animals for research, dogs and other carnivores included.
02 What It Covers
It requires each facility to constitute an internal committee for the care and use of laboratory animals (CICUAL) to oversee and approve procedures, and sets standards for the animal facility (bioterio), for housing and husbandry, for animal welfare, and for humane euthanasia. Its scope expressly reaches carnivores such as dogs alongside other laboratory species.
03 How It Is Checked
As a Norma Oficial it is a mandatory technical standard rather than a voluntary one, applied to laboratory-animal facilities and resting on the internal care-and-use committee for day-to-day oversight of procedures and welfare. Compliance sits within Mexico’s federal animal-health framework.
04 Why It Matters
For dogs used in Mexican research and teaching, this standard is what defines acceptable housing, care and end-of-life practice, and what requires every facility to run an ethics-style committee rather than operate unchecked.
Common Questions
Is it mandatory?
Yes. As a Norma Oficial Mexicana it is a mandatory official standard, not a voluntary one, setting the technical specifications for the production, care and use of laboratory animals.
Who issues it?
It is issued under federal animal-health and standardisation law and published in the official federal gazette, overseen by SADER and SENASICA.
What does it cover?
Standards for the animal facility, the bioterio, for housing and husbandry, animal welfare and humane euthanasia, and it requires each facility to run an internal care-and-use committee to approve procedures.
Does it apply to dogs?
Yes. Its scope expressly reaches carnivores such as dogs alongside other laboratory species.
How is it overseen?
Through the internal care-and-use committee for day-to-day oversight of procedures and welfare, within Mexico’s federal animal-health framework.
Why does it matter?
For dogs used in Mexican research and teaching, it defines acceptable housing, care and end-of-life practice, and requires every facility to run an ethics-style committee rather than operate unchecked.