Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1988) / Chapter Skim
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1. Introduction
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Many advances in medicine and in the understanding of how organism function have been the direct result of animal experimentation. Concern over the welfare of laboratory animals is also not new, as reflected in the activities of various animal welfare and antivivisectionist groups dating back to the nineteenth century.
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Research in biology progressed at ~ increasing pace starting around 1850, with many of the advances resulting from exper~rnents involving animals. Helmholtz studied the physical and chemical activities associated with the nerve impulse; V~rchow developed the science of cellular pathology, which led the way to a more rational understanding of disease processes; Pasteur began the studies that led to immunization for anthrax and inoculation for rabies; and Koch started a long series of studies that would firmly establish the germ theory of disease.
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half of the nineteenth century, concerns for the welfare of farm animals expanded to include animals used in scientific research. The antivivisectionist movement In England, which sought to abolish the use of animals in research, became engaged in larger scale public agitation in 1870, coincident with the development of experimental physiology and the rapid growth of biomedical research.
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PRESENT SITUATION Despite the long history of concern with animal welfare, the treatment and use of experimental animate remain controversial. In recent years a great expansion of biomedical and behavioral research has occurred.
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Because of this special status, humans have felt justified to use annals for food and fiber, for personal use, and in experimentation. As indicated earlier, however, these uses of animals by humane carry with them the responsibility for stewardship of the animals Several recent surveys have examined public opinion about the use of laboratory animals in scientific experimentation (Doyle Dane Bernbach, 1983; Media General, 1985; Research Strategies Corp., 1985~.
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After a discussion of alternative methods in the use of laboratory anunab (Chapter 4) , the report discuses the regulatory issues surrounding animal use (Chaps ter 5)
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