Humane endpoints for animals used in training

Pain management and humane endpoints.

Humane endpoints for infectious disease animal models.

Since the work of pioneers such as Jenner and Pasteur (Fenner et al. 1997) more than a century ago, animal models have provided essential information in the study of infectious diseases. Although much experimentation can now be accomplished with in vitro systems, animals continue to be necessary for this field for studying the process of inflammation, specific infectious diseases, and pharmacol...

Studying humane endpoints in a rat model of mammary carcinogenesis

Objective(s): The present work intended to clearly define the most adequate humane endpoints in an experimental assay of mammary carcinogenesis in rats. Materials and Methods: Animals were observed twice a day; all parameters were registered once a week and the euthanasia endpoints were established in order to monitor the animal welfare/...

Humane Slaughtering of Animals

To the Editor of The Hospital and Health Review. Sir,?There are few questions at present before the public which can compare in importance with that of slaughterhouse reform. There is the cruelty of killing animals by old-fashioned and inefficient methods, there is the insanitary condition of the slaughterhouse and consequent contamination of the meat, there is thewholesale poisoning of the mea...

Humane endpoints in the efficacy testing of swine erysipelas vaccines.

For licensing the efficacy of vaccines for veterinary use has to be demonstrated by well-controlled laboratory experiments in which vaccinated and untreated animals of the target species are challenged. Erysipelas challenge tests cause extreme suffering of the unprotected animals with high fever, apathy, large skin lesions, and even death. This paper describes a standardised procedure for the v...