11:067:142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pharmacology, American Association For Laboratory Animal Science, Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee
29 Feb 2016
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Any animal used for biomedical research and testing. Most common species are rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, cats, primates, pigs, sheep, birds, reptiles. In 2010 26 miillion used in us 96% are mice, rats, fish, birds. 9 billion used on food research lab animal science procurement, breeding, care, and health of animals used n research roughly analogous to animal science. Management & techniques understand legal, moral, and ethics in human care & 3 r"s know requirements and equipment know physiology, anatomy, nutrition pharmacology, and disease genetics and transgenic animals. Methods of minimizing pains/discomforts comparative medicine: study of nature, cause, cure of abnormal structure and function in people, animals, plants. Use and care of lab animals is highly regulated. Local, state, and federal laws: passed in 1966, protects warm blooded animals except rats, mice, and birds, licensed animal dealers, usda enforces inspecting labs facilities must be, uncovered species are protected under phsp registered.
