The Welfare of Animals Used in Research Practice and Ethics 1st Edition by Robert Hubrecht 1119967074 9781119967071

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ISBN 10: 1119967074

ISBN 13: 9781119967071

Author: Robert C. Hubrecht

The Welfare of Animals used in Research: Practice and Ethics gives a complete and balanced overview of the issues surrounding the use of animals in scientific research.  The focus of the book is on the animal welfare implications and ethics of animals in research. It covers the topics with sufficient depth to show a real understanding of varied and complex subjects, but conveys the information in a beautifully reader-friendly manner. Key features: Provides those who are not working in the field with a reasonable understanding as to why and how animals are used in research. Gives an introduction to the ethical issues involved in using animals, and explains how these are addressed in practice. Details the advances in animal welfare and the use and development of the 3Rs principles, and how these have become fundamental to the everyday use and regulation of animals used in research. The focus is on principles making it suitable for an international audience. This book is a useful introduction to the issues involved in laboratory animal welfare for those who intend to work in research involving animals. It is also useful to prospective animal care staff and animal welfare scientists, and to those involved in ethical review. It will help inform debate amongst those who are not involved in experimentation but who are interested in the issues. Published as a part of the prestigious Wiley-Blackwell – UFAW Animal Welfare series.  UFAW, founded 1926, is an internationally recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity. For full details of all titles available in the series, please visit the UFAW Animal Welfare series website.

Table of contents:

1 Introduction

1.1 Reasons for Using Animals in Research

1.2 Where Animal Research is Carried Out

1.3 Numbers of Animals Used

1.4 Harmful and Harmless Research

1.5 How Much Suffering is Caused by Research?

1.6 Attitudes to Animal Experimentation

1.7 The Moral Imperative

1.8 Trust in the System

2 The Use of Legislative and Other Controls on Animal Research to Meet Public Expectations and Improve Animal Welfare

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Levels of Control

2.3 Scope of Controls

2.4 Systems for Ethical Review and Authorisation

2.5 Performance and Engineering Standards

2.6 Roles and Responsibility

2.7 Legislation and Licences

2.8 Enforcement and Failure to Comply

3 Animal Rights and Animal Welfare: Philosophy and Science

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Animal Rights and Animal Welfare: Making a Distinction

3.3 Animal Welfare Science

3.4 Funding and Promoting Animal Welfare Research

3.5 The Benefits of Animal Welfare Science

4 Species Choice and Animal Welfare

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Consciousness/Sentience: Evidence for Protecting Particular Taxa

4.3 Are Some Species Capable of Suffering More Than Others? Neurological Complexity and Capacity to Suffer

4.4 Beastly Bias in Practice

4.5 An Evolutionary Approach to Assessing Suffering

5 The Harm–Benefit Judgement

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Who Should Be Involved?

5.3 Factors To Be Considered in Harm–Benefit Decisions

5.4 Decision Tools

5.5 The Requirement for Ethical Review

6 Improving the Welfare of Animals Used in Research: The 3Rs

6.1 Introduction: The Origins of the 3Rs

6.2 Replacement

6.3 Reduction

6.4 Refinement

6.5 Conflicts Between the 3Rs

6.6 Training

6.7 Sources of Information on the 3Rs

7 Science and Animal Welfare: A Partnership

7.1 Replacement Methods: Scientific and Other Advantages

7.2 Reduction: Scientific and Other Advantages

7.3 Refinement: Scientific and Other Advantages

7.4 Changes in Laboratory Animal Science and Challenges for the Future?

7.5 Maintaining the Momentum

7.6 Conclusion

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