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  • Bioethics
  • Animal Welfare

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  • Animal experimentation is crucial for understanding diseases and developing treatments in humans and animals.
  • Rats, mice, and birds constitute approximately 90% of animals used in research.
  • Increasing awareness of animal sentience and suffering fuels opposition to animal research and questions the translatability of animal data to humans.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review essential considerations for humane animal experimentation.
  • To highlight the importance of investigator training in ethical research practices.
  • To discuss the ongoing trend towards alternative methods and the necessity of continued research for complete replacement.

Main Methods:

  • Review of ethical guidelines and principles for animal experimentation.
  • Discussion of the 'four Rs' principles: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement, and Responsibility.
  • Exploration of current trends and challenges in animal research.

Main Results:

  • Ethical Committees have adopted the 'four Rs' principles to guide decisions on animal use.
  • The use of experimental animals is decreasing in areas with available in vitro or in silico alternatives.
  • Complete discontinuation of animal experimentation is not yet feasible, underscoring the need for further research.

Conclusions:

  • Humane practices and investigator training are essential for ethical animal experimentation.
  • While alternatives are advancing, experimental animals are still indispensable in many research fields.
  • Continued research and development of robust alternatives are critical to eventually phase out animal use in research.