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Dissection: The Scientific Case For Alternatives, Jonathan Balcombe
Dissection: The Scientific Case For Alternatives, Jonathan Balcombe
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This article presents the scientific argument that learning methods that replace traditional nonhuman animal-consumptive methods in life science education—so-called alternatives to dissection—are pedagogically sound and probably superior to dissection. This article focuses on the pedagogy, a learning method’s effectiveness for conveying knowledge.
Ethics, Welfare, And Laboratory Animal Management, David J. Allan, Judith K. Blackshaw
Ethics, Welfare, And Laboratory Animal Management, David J. Allan, Judith K. Blackshaw
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Animals have been used in medical research from as far back as 129-199 A.D. when Galen, a Greek medical scientist, used a pig for his experiments. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anatomical dissections were carried out on animals; Galvani used frogs in 1791 for his experiments and the Russian physiologist, Pavlov, carried out his famous dog experiments in the early 1900s. Since this time, large numbers of animals have been used in biomedical and other research. In 1963 the first edition of "The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" was published, and the United States Public …