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Two Worlds in One: What ‘Counts’ as Animal Advocacy for Veterinarians Working in UK Animal Research?

Animals, 2023
The concept of advocacy is of increasing importance to the veterinary profession internationally. However, there are concerns around the ambiguity and complexity of acting as an advocate in practice.
Renelle McGlacken, Alistair Anderson, Pru Hobson-West   +2 more
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Characterisation of Chemical Constitutes and Spermatogenic Activity of Ushir (Vetiveria Zizanioides Linn) versus Ikshu (Saccharum Officinarum Linn) in Male Wistar Rats: A Research Protocol [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: In men, infertility may results from impaired sperm quality, quantity and abnormalities. In Ayurveda, there are various herbal medicines that are stated to possess effective aphrodisiac (Vajikarana) properties and purification of the semen (
Akshay Sudhir Pargaonkar, Jaymala Jadhav, Bhagyashree Ratan Jibkate, Minakshi Urkude   +3 more
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Refining Stereotaxic Neurosurgery Techniques and Welfare Assessment for Long-Term Intracerebroventricular Device Implantation in Rodents

Animals, 2023
Stereotaxic surgeries enable precise access to specific brain regions, being of particular interest for chronic intracerebroventricular drug delivery. However, the challenge of long-term studies at this level is to allow the implantation of drug storage ...
Ester Pérez-Martín, Almudena Coto-Vilcapoma, Juan Castilla-Silgado, María Rodríguez-Cañón, Catuxa Prado, Gabriel Álvarez, Marco Antonio Álvarez-Vega, Benjamín Fernández-García, Manuel Menéndez-González, Cristina Tomás-Zapico   +9 more
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Effects of 450nm semiconductor blue laser on the vaporization and incision of endometrial tissue ex vivo [PDF]

Yixue xinzhi zazhi, 2023
Objective The 450 nm semiconductor blue laser surgical system was used to perform vapori-zation and incision of fresh endometrial tissue ex vivo under different conditions and endoscopic simulated surgery experiments to initially evaluate the safety ...
Guo-Xiong LIU, Li-Hong CHEN, Fen Li3, Yan XUE, Da-Li JIANG, Xiao-Feng XU, Rui-Fang AN, Xin-Yang WANG, Xi-Min QIAO, Da-Lin HE, Kai-Jie WU   +10 more
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The History of the School of Animal Science at the University of Padova (Padua) and the Evolution of Animal Science in Italy

Agriculture, 2022
In its 800-year history, the University of Padova (Padua, Italy) has come to play an important role in the development of animal science in Italy and Europe.
Giovanni Bittante, Lucia Bailoni, Alessio Cecchinato, Luigi Gallo, Roberto Mantovani, Maurizio Ramanzin, Fabio Zampieri, Stefano Schiavon, Enrico Sturaro   +8 more
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An Ethics Toolkit to Support Animal-Centered Research and Design

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Designers and researchers who work with animals need to employ an array of ethical competencies to guarantee the welfare of animals taking part in animal-centered research.
Luisa Ruge, Clara Mancini
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Animal Experiments in Biomedical Research: A Historical Perspective

Animals, 2013
The use of non-human animals in biomedical research has given important contributions to the medical progress achieved in our day, but it has also been a cause of heated public, scientific and philosophical discussion for hundreds of years.
Nuno Henrique Franco
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The Ethics of Innovation: Ethical Decision-Making and Review for Field Studies and Projects Targeting Dogs and Cats

Animals, 2021
To date, independent ethical oversight of many companion animal welfare initiatives has been limited and, in some instances, inadequate. Beyond a blurred line between “innovation” and “research,” the nature of the work conducted in animal welfare ...
Valerie A. Benka
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Identifying Key Factors for Accelerating the Transition to Animal-Testing-Free Medical Science through Co-Creative, Interdisciplinary Learning between Students and Teachers

Animals, 2022
Even with the introduction of the replacement, reduction, refinement (the three Rs) approach and promising technological developments in animal-testing-free alternatives over the past two decades, a significant number of animal tests are still performed ...
Fatima Zohra Abarkan, Anna M. A. Wijen, Rebecca M. G. van Eijden, Fréderique Struijs, Phoebe Dennis, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers   +6 more
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Animal Research beyond the Laboratory: Report from a Workshop on Places Other than Licensed Establishments (POLEs) in the UK

Animals, 2020
Research involving animals that occurs outside the laboratory raises an array of unique challenges. With regard to UK legislation, however, it receives only limited attention in terms of official guidelines, support, and statistics, which are ...
Alexandra Palmer, Beth Greenhough, Pru Hobson-West, Reuben Message, James N. Aegerter, Zoe Belshaw, Ngaire Dennison, Roger Dickey, Julie Lane, Jamie Lorimer, Kate Millar, Chris Newman, Kirsten Pullen, S. James Reynolds, Dominic J. Wells, Matthew J. Witt, Sarah Wolfensohn   +16 more
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