Which areas can animal experimentation be used in?

OUTLİNE

What is the animal testing

Medical and Drug areas

Cosmetic Sector

Chemical and Household Products

What is the animal testing

Animal testing, or animal research, refers to

the use of animals in experiments.

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15%

1%

Mice Fish

Reptiles/ amphibians Birds

Other Mammals Rats

Other Rodents

Benefits of Animal ResearchPenicillin

Mice

Blood Transfusions Dogs

Meningitis Vaccine Mice

Kidney Transplants Dogs and Pigs

Breast Cancer Treatments Mice, Rats and Dogs

Asthma Inhalers Guinea Pigs and Rabbits

Polio Vaccine Mice

Insulin for Diabetics Dogs

Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease Monkeys

"If your goal is to understand disease and to improve

therapy, you're left with no option. We all work to

minimize the use of animals in our work, and we test as

humanely and effectively as possible, but it's really the

essential part of the work."

Dr. Robert Kass

Department Chair, Department of Pharmacology

Cosmetics Hundreds of thousands of

animals are believed killed each

year in test mandatory for all new

cosmetics companies cost billion

dollars every year for this sector.

Cosmetics used in testing

• Lipstick

• Eye Shadow

• Eyeliner

• Mascara

• Foundation

• Hairspray

• may show if there are any adverse reactions to skin or

eyes

• may show if product is toxic

• An animals skin, body, and internal workings are

similarly structured to a humans which gives the

closest accurate results to what a human will

experience

• easier for scientists to get funding when using animal

testing as opposed to human testing

• Extremely painful for animals

• Test are extremely expensive

• Test take months or even years to conduct

• All of the animals are killed once the tests

are completed so that their internal organs

can be examined

Alternative Methods

cell cultures

tissue cultures

corneas from the eye banks

sophisticated computer

models

HET-CAM test

Chemicals

Millions of laboratory animal are used

the world wide in tests to assess the

safety of chemicals. Chemicals form

the basis of or are added to, a huge

variety of products in everyday use.

This includes paints, dyes,

plastics, household cleaners,

cosmetics and food additives

Questions

Can animals be used for medicene

and drug areas?

People have rights to use animals in

such areas?