Animal Care And Experimental Procedures

Test subjects in medical experiments have always been a controversial topic, but this argument is often only thought of when animals come in to play. What about the humans who get tested on unwillingly, or people who do not possess the capability to consent to such procedures? They are also in need of someone to look out for them. Throughout time, many governments have done extreme testing to move forward their population’s health and for what they call the greater good. Yet, more often than not, these test have no rules or regulations. A moral code has been established slowly after many of these ghastly occurrences became known. Even to this day, we still have people trying to bypass ethical codes such as the Nuremberg code and the

A hypothetical experiment is proposed that inquires into the effects of cutting a specific part of the hypothalamus of cats. In the experiment, cats would have a surgery in which their hypothalamus is cut, when the cat would recover from the surgery, their behavior would be observed. The cats would then be painlessly euthanized via an injection of poison. This research raises a question as to whether the experiment is ethical and follows the guidelines described in the Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals (developed by the American Psychological Association's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics [CARE]). After careful examination of the APA CARE guidelines, the experiment would be ethical because there were no technical

training. Mice infused with anisomycin (n= 12) immediately after conditioning showed impairment in contextual fear memory compared with vehicle-infused animals (saline, n=18) when tested 24 hours after CFC training (DF=28, F=7.19, t-test: p< 0.05) (Figure 2A).

In this study, we used one adult male Sprague-Dawley rat weighing 283 g. The subject was on a 6 am turn on, 6 pm turn off light cycle and was fed and given water regularly. The subject had also already gone through a rotometer test to find the subject’s preferred rotational direction.

The majority of animal research is not drug testing but simple research and genetically modifying animals. Half of all animal experiments are conducted at universities and colleges by students. Animal use in scientific testing can be dated back to at least as far as the 17th century with the Harvey experiments aiming to demonstrate blood circulation. The Cruelty to Animals Act was passed in 1876 by parliament. This was the first legislation aimed at regulating animal experiments. Many tests often produce inaccurate or misleading results, even if a product has blinded an animal it can still be marked to you. Animal testing is no longer a justified method of testing for science for the fact of the new innovative cross-disciplinary technology,

At this moment, tens of millions of animals, such as rats, rabbits, monkeys, cats, and dogs, plus more, are being locked inside cages in labs all throughout the country due to being used in horrific experiments. These animal experiments are used to develop and enhance new drugs and to test the safety of products before being used on humans. Many of these experiments inflict pain to the animals and decrease their satisfactory of life. More than a hundred million animals suffer and die every year in the U.S. from medical education and clinical experiments, as well as merciless chemical, drug, food, and cosmetic tests. Animals also suffer and die in classroom biology experiments and dissection.

This experiment was designed in order to explore whether false memories generated by the fear conditioning technique could generate an observable active fear response through conditioned place-avoidance (CPA).

An estimated fifty-six billion animals are slaughtered every year just for human consumption. The consumption of these animals is now redundant and wasteful because meat and dairy products are not necessary for the majority of human’s survival. Humans should stop eating animals and animal by-products because it is morally wrong, this is due to the fact that many of the animals humans consume can feel pain. Humans should stop eating other animals if it is not essential for their survival. In addition, the conditions that animals are subjected to in farms and slaughterhouses are harsh. Moreover, the amount of grain that is required to feed farmed animals is high and can be used to feed humans instead of animals that will inevitably be killed

Exposure therapy is based on the principles of Pavlovian Extinction. Pavlov’s dogs became conditioned to salivate when a bell would ring because they learned to

Often times when people talk about animal use in laboratories they compare the studies to animal torture and abuse. It is true that some facilities do not handle their animals properly. Unfortunately, not every laboratory follows the rules that are laid for them but, fortunately, the majority of them do. When animals arrive at these facilities they are quarantined for a minimum of two weeks. During this time, the animals are inspected and well cared for while they adapt to their new surroundings and the daily routine in the animal quarters. The adult rabbits are kept in individual cages (2.952 x 1.968 x 1.476 ft) that are kept a minimum of 8 cm off the ground so the feces from the

Seventy million of lives are claimed by animal testing facilities and millions more survive through the horrific tests, suffering the psychological and physical consequences. “The use of animals in experiments at leading federally-funded labs has increased nearly 73 percent in the past 15 years, according to a new study conducted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Female C57Bl/6 mice (Charles River, Wilmington, MA), born and housed in the Research Support Facility at the University of Kansas Medical Center, were used for all experiments. Mice received water and food ad libitum and were housed on a 12-hour light cycle (600 to 1800 hours). All research was approved by the University of Kansas Medical Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (protocol numbers 2013-2150 and 2016-2344) in compliance with the National Institute of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

Nowadays, testing in animals is very common, and this is an issue. Some people say that testing is important because through testing in animal, the people can know the beneficial effect of different factor in biological organisms, and the knowledge of this effect can help the people to improve their health. However, other people say that testing causes damage to animals. In my opinion, testing is important because human can know the beneficial effect of drugs, food and physical agent in biological organisms through testing in animals, although the testing produces damage to animals.

: This experiment focused on testing kitchen waste products such as kale, gourd and oats to determine which is the best raw material for an anaerobic digester to produce biogas. The student tested kale, gourd and oats. Based from the experiment, only the oats produced enough gas to make the balloon

The stress of handling, confinement and isolation alters the animal's mental stability and introduces yet another experimental variable that makes any results from testing even less valuable to human helping. In many cases, drugs and other substances are given to the test animals but studies have shown considerable differences in the effects of these drugs on different species.