Animal use resulting in harm or death remains common within veterinary education, in disciplines such as surgery, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, pharmacology, and parasitology. However, many non-harmful alternatives now exist, including computer simulations, high quality videos, 'ethically-sourced cadavers,' such as from animals euthanized for medical reasons, preserved specimens, models an...

conducted at the University of British Colombia. These studies have used the gradual fill methods proposed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in an attempt to further clarify aversion associated with carbon dioxide. We have contacted the authors of this work and understand that they will also be responding to Dr Wood’s letter. Therefore, we will leave the discussion of these ...

Two new Korean laws regulating animal welfare and the humane use of animals in science came into effect in 2008 and 2009. Both these laws impose ethical committee review prior to the performance of animal experiments in research, testing and education. This study briefly summarises the new Korean laws, and investigates the current status regarding the numbers of animals used, the alternatives t...

The Campus Veterinarian is responsible for ensuring that adequate and humane veterinary care is provided to the research and teaching animals at UC Davis. Veterinary care is an essential component of an animal care program to ensure that the humane needs of research animals are met while maintaining compatibility with the scientific requirements. In addition to providing healthy research animal...

The Campus Veterinarian is responsible for ensuring that adequate and humane veterinary care is provided to the research and teaching animals at UC Davis. Veterinary care is an essential component of an animal care program to ensure that the humane needs of research animals are met while maintaining compatibility with the scientific requirements. In addition to providing healthy research animal...