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Learn about animal medical research and its benefits.
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By Luz De La HoyaENG001A
Dr. Levinson
Have you ever wondered why is said that we are over populated?
Why some diseases that used to kill many people are now treatable, preventable or eradicated?
Why is it that more geriatrics are living longer and healthier lives?
Who are we to thank for this incredible accomplishment?
FEVER & the FLU used to killed many people.
In the early 1900’s a person was expected to live to his or her 40s.
Currently, a person is expected to live to his or her 70s.
Exercising Regularly
Eating Healthy
Aristotle(384 BC- 322 BC)
Traced back to the Ancient Greeks
Erasistratus (304 BC-250 BC)
The first major reference documented on animal testing occurred in the late 19th century, in 1877, by Louis Pasteur.
Dec. 27, 1822 - Sept. 28, 1895
Louis Pasteur
The National Institute of Health (NIH)
Using animals for medical research has been of great help toward the positive evolution of medicine.
Animal Model Medical Benefit for People
Dog Discovery of insulin
Monkey Polio vaccine
Mouse Rabies vaccine
Pig Skin grafts for burn victims
Pig Computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scans
Rabbit Corneal transplants
Rat Carcinogen screening
“Virtually every major medical advance for both humans and animals has been achieved through biomedical research using animal models to study and find a cure for disease, and through animal testing, to prove the safety and efficacy of a new treatment.” Former U.S. Surgeon General
Dr. C Everett Koop
Animal testing has guidelines and rules to follow.
It is controlled and supervised by: ◦ the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care
(PHC) and Use of Laboratory Animals◦ the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals◦ the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
Animal research is performed by medical researchers who have Ph.D., D.V.M., or M.D. degrees.
Emergency veterinary care for animals in research clinics is available on a 24-hour basis.
Jerry Vlasak
“If animal abusers aren't going to stop perpetrating these types of atrocities, they ought to be stopped using whatever means necessary.” – Jerry Vlasak
Computer Model in Research
In Vitro Studies in Research
Saves
Lives
Can animal medical research be stopped and still get the same results for finding cures?
PROBABLY NOT
The truth is “You can not have medicine without animal
research."