Human and animal research guidelines: Aligning ethical constructs with new scientific developments
Both human research and animal research operate within established standards- and procedures. Although the human research environment has been criticized for its sometimes inefficient and imperfect process, reported abuses of human subjects in research served as the impetus for the establishment of the Nuremberg Code, Declaration of Helsinki, and the National Commission for the Protection […]
Australia’s ethical framework for when animals are used for scientific purposes
The basic tenet of the Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes (the Code) is that there is an ethical imperative in our decisions as to if and how animals are used in these circumstances. The Code provides a framework for ethical review which incorporates a set of […]
Animal Studies: An Introduction
This interdisciplinary introduction to the emerging field of Animal Studies addresses multiple academic disciplines in order to foreground both the nonhuman animals themselves and the imagination-based and ethics-driven features of human life needed for us to consider our inevitable intersection with the living beings outside our own species. To present the full story of how […]
Perception of laboratory staff regarding animal welfare issues
Laboratory staff controls a series of environmental parameters affecting animals used in research. Therefore, staff attitudes influence both animal welfare (AW) and research results. This study aimed to verify the knowledge and perception of staff members on AW. Data were collected through a 22 open-question and 23 multiple-choice question online survey. 62 respondents from Brazilian […]