ZOOL371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Brown Adipose Tissue, Myopathy, Model Organism
9 Oct 2018
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If euthanasia is needed how will it be carried out. Number of animals for stats to be significant (pilot study) Case 2 - brown adipose tissue in squirrels. Animals that are chased and stressed they get muscle myopathy (overheating muscles and die) Radio collar coming off when it"s supposed to. Catching an unusable animal you let it go and don"t use it. Has a bad injury that will not survive then euthanize it. Make sure you get all the data you need so you don"t have to do it again. Make sure the science that you do is ethical. Most medical advancements require the use of animals. Use of animals needs to be ethical and humane. There is only a provincial responsibility for animals in research in canada. Not a good tool for animals in research. Need to prove they intended to harm the animal. Health of animals act which only deals with transportation of animals.
