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1 LABORATORY ANIMALS AND PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE
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... , passed in 1985, amended Title 42, Section 289d, of the U.S. Code and gave the force of law to the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS, 1996; hereafter called PHS Policy)
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... Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish minimal standards for animal husbandry, care, treatment, and transportation, the act now includes provisions to reduce animal use by eliminating unnecessary duplication and mandates consideration of alternatives to procedures that are likely to cause pain or distress in live animals.
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... and studies that involve food or water deprivation. Some people and groups question the value of using animals in biomedical research and suggest that the knowledge gained is not sufficiently anolicable to human disease to justify the pain, distress, and loss of life suffered by laboratory animals.
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... Useful discussions of the ethical issues related to animal research can be found in Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research (NRC, 1988~; The Biomedical Investigator's Handbook for Researchers Using Animal Models (Foundation for Biomedical Research, 19871; Mozart, Alexander the Great, and the Animal Rights/Liberation Philosophy (Nicoll and Russell, 1991~; and Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs, Part III, Chapter 2 (NRC, 19911. REFERENCES ARENA/OPRR (Applied Research Ethics National Association and Office for Protection Strom Research Risks)
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... 1996. Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
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