Knight The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-30641-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

A comprehensive review of recent scientific evidence examining the contributions of animal experimentation to human healthcare. The book also explores toxicity prediction, animal use during life and health sciences education, impacts on student attitudes toward animals, and the extent to which animals suffer in laboratories.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Knight, Andrew

Knight, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Series Preface Introduction PART I ANIMAL COSTS Global Laboratory Animal Use Types of Laboratory Animal Use mpacts on Laboratory Animals PART II HUMAN BENEFITS Human Clinical Utility of Animal Models Human Toxicological Utility of Animal Models Factors Limiting the Human Utility of Animal Models PART III ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIS Non-Animal Research and Testing Methodologies Reduction and Refinement of Laboratory Animal Use  PART IV EDUCATIONAL ANIMAL USE AND STUDENT IMPACTS Educational Animal Use Effects of Harmful Animal Use on Students PART V CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experimentation 13 Regulatory Developments and Policy Recommendations Contents Glossary References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Knight is a European Veterinary Specialist in Welfare Science, Ethics and Law, and a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK, and an Associate Professor of Welfare and Ethics at Ross University School of Medicine in the Caribbean.