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Building a sustainable framework for laboratory animal welfare and ethics education: challenges and reform strategies

  • 0Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Frontiers in Veterinary Science +

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January 5, 2026

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January 5, 2026

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Summary

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China

Area Of Science

  • Biomedical Education
  • Laboratory Animal Welfare and Ethics

Background

  • China has laws and regulations for laboratory animal welfare and ethics (LAWE).
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) conduct ethical reviews.
  • Students show awareness but lack practical application of LAWE principles.

Purpose Of The Study

  • Identify challenges in LAWE education.
  • Propose a reform framework to improve LAWE education and practice.

Main Methods

  • Analysis of current LAWE education challenges.
  • Development of a four-dimensional reform framework: curriculum, faculty training, governance, and ethical culture.

Main Results

  • Identified four key challenges: disjointed curricula, undertrained faculty, weak safeguards, and underdeveloped ethical culture.
  • Proposed a reform framework including a tiered curriculum, dual faculty certification, closed-loop governance, and an ethical ecosystem.

Conclusions

  • The proposed reforms aim to integrate ethical awareness into education.
  • Enhancing LAWE education will foster respect for life and improve biomedical education quality.

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