Animal Testing Background. The aim of these dissections was to try and learn more about certain animals and the differences between them and us. Animal testing in the United States is regulated by the federal Animal Welfare Act AWA passed in 1966 and amended in 1970 1976 and 1985.
It is also known as in vivo testing or animal research. The AWA defines animal as any live or dead dog cat monkey nonhuman primate mammal guinea pig hamster rabbit or such other warm blooded animal The AWA excludes birds rats and mice bred for research cold. Animal testing also known as animal experimentation animal research and in vivo testing is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.
Why then have animal experiments become so much a part of scientific practice that any criticism is considered heresy.
Especially in countries where animal testing may contradict with religious aspects those kinds of tests may even be prohibited by law. The aim of these dissections was to try and learn more about certain animals and the differences between them and us. Animal testing also known as animal experimentation animal research and in vivo testing is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study. These tests are not required by law and they often produce inaccurate or misleading resultseven if a product has blinded an animal it can still be marketed to you.
