ANSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Brown Dog Affair, William Bayliss, Draize Test

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Animal Science
• Course: ANSC 1210
• Professor: Ian Duncan

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03/05/2013 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Not only improves welfare, but also improves production and improves tractability (learn better, remember better) Select for polled beef animals (no horns means no injuries due to horns, no need to disbud or de-horn) Select for non-tainting boar (no need to castrate) Select for less fearful animals (easier to manage, handle, transport, etc. ) Select for non-tail-biting pigs (no need to tail dock) Select for non-feather-pecking chickens (no cannibalism, no need to de-beak) As a utilitarian, you must consider all the consequences. Weighing costs (animal suffering) and benefits (social benefit). 03/05/2013 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Vivisection n. dissection or other painful treatment of living animals for purposes of scientific research. Anesthetic use is fairly recent (until 1847 using chloroform and ether not available until 1866).