Animal Testing There Has Been Essay

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These experiments are done to see how the humans fair on with the treatment or the diseases without putting much consideration to whether it would survive or die FRAME Reduction Committee, 2005()

Some other ways in which animals are unethically used for scientific purposes include in cases where Genetically modification is done on animals where some of their genes are added or removed as per type of experiment done, use to test for product safety such as in agricultural chemicals, food additives, cosmetic and industrial chemicals, where animals subjected to gas chambers, substances forced into their eyes, stomach or skin EMP, 2004()

Even after subjecting these animals to such harsh test, the success rate for predicting the harmful side effect is still lagging at 5-25%, which is way, below as compared to what the animals have to go through EMP, 2004(; Flint C, 2005)

. Therefore, scientist can also pay attention to the use of the three Rs which are: reduction, refinement and replacement. The use of animals can be reduced substantially through improving the techniques they use, data analysis methods and through embracing sharing of information among scientist.
They can refine the experiment or the way these animals are handled and lastly, they can replace the use of animals or lethal techniques and replace with the use of computer models, conducting in vitro test, using epidemiology, thorough postmortem investigation, and use of clinical studies and prevention of these diseases before onset MORI, 2005()

Conclusion

In conclusion, the use of animal in research has led to remarkable progress in medical experiments to the extent that billions of people can now enjoy having quality lives. Though their use is advantageous to human, what about on the animal side? Do they benefit from these experiments as much as we do? The way these animals are handled, breed and used for the experiment is unethical and even though scientist still rely on these animals, their use should be in an ethical manner. There should be guidelines to be adhered before an animal is taken to the laboratory for experiment. Therefore, the use of animals in experiments should be done in a systematic manner after determining the cost-benefit analysis of using a certain number of animal or a procedure.....

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