The phrase
"laboratory animals" refers to animals that are used for scientific experiments and research in a controlled environment called a laboratory.
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To learn more about the ethical issues regarding animal research and care
of laboratory animals in general, please visit these websites.
In addition to providing veterinary care, specialists in
laboratory animal medicine play pivotal roles in other aspects of an institution's animal care and use program.
Last year, researchers started 3.2 million experiments or «scientific procedures»
on laboratory animals, an increase of 35 000 over the number begun in 1990 and the first increase since 1976.
Additionally,
laboratory animal veterinarians may perform independent research and serve as consultants and collaborators to research investigators in a wide range of disciplines.
These certifications range from those related to specific scientific areas of study or practice, such
as laboratory animal management, to general management topics, such as project management.
The need for veterinarians to participate in the running of
laboratory animal facilities and ethics committees (or equivalent) is not systematically addressed (Is this still valid?).
Unlike many other cellular and physiological processes, human reproduction varies in significant ways from that of common
laboratory animals like mice or fruit flies.
That's because most studies on single human brain cells use dead rather than living tissue, and many others rely on cells from
common laboratory animals, especially mice.
This promising technique makes it possible to map active brain structures in a
living laboratory animal or in a human being.
But two new studies using different groups of people —
not laboratory animals — have found that natural vitamin E is utilized twice as efficiently as the synthetic form.
French researchers have found that a high protein diet, particularly one rich in two specific amino acids, may improve wound healing in
diabetic laboratory animals.
The center would be developed for clinical treatment evidence - based clinical research (without
harming laboratory animals) and teaching programs for veterinarians, veterinary technicians and the public.
Studies of
older laboratory animals consuming blueberry - supplemented diets have shown measurable improvements in memory, coordination and balance.
The 1980s will probably be remembered as the decade when the defence of
laboratory animals really began to make headlines around the world.
The authors recommend using sequencing to characterize variation
within laboratory animal populations before designing studies, allowing the results to be properly interpreted.
Yet the request for expert veterinary participation in reaching decisions
concerning laboratory animal medicine and welfare at different European and national levels is most encouraging.
This study, done
with laboratory animals, showed that diets low in fat and cholesterol could in fact aid with weight loss, improved metabolism and health.
This is intended to accelerate the pace of chemicals screening and reduce the numbers
of laboratory animals used.
A raft of studies
in laboratory animals, molecular models and cancer patients suggest that pain drugs given during and after cancer surgery stimulate the growth and spread of certain tumors.
A list of recent, real - life examples of the kind of severe suffering that
many laboratory animals experience behind the closed doors of university and company laboratories.
In addition to working at a veterinary clinic, a growing number of vet assistants work as
laboratory animal caretakers, providing high quality care to animals used in modern medical and scientific research.
Wistar's Animal Care and Use Program, overseen by The Wistar Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), is fully accredited by AAALAC International since 1998, has an assurance on file with the Office of
Laboratory Animal Welfare at the NIH, and is a registered USDA research institution.
The animals were being kept at the National Center for
Laboratory Animal Sciences (NCLAS) in Hyderabad for use in testing a potential drug against immune disorders.
Nuno Franco, who studies
laboratory animal welfare and ethics at the University of Porto in Portugal, calls the ban «poorly justified» and «damaging» to science.
All services provided are in accordance with the National Legislation and the European Legal framework (on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes), as well as the current Guidelines of the Federation of
European Laboratory Animal Science Associations - FELASA).
«She has excelled in all aspects of her assignment as University Veterinarian and as the director of the Division of
Laboratory Animal Health at the college.»
These laboratories provide diagnostic service and professional laboratory expertise to teh Veterinary Medical Center, departments and research laboratories within the college and university and the
university laboratory animal program.
She is past Chair of the American Veterinary Medical Association's Animal Welfare Committee, and was the inaugural Chair of the American Society of
Laboratory Animal Practitioner's Animal Welfare Committee.
In this study
from Laboratory Animal Research, researchers aimed to analyse the effects of yerba on weight loss and other biochemical parameters related to obesity.
Graduates of the program are eligible for licensure as a certified veterinary technician and can sit for the
Assistant Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) certification exam.