Ebook The welfare of animals used in research - Practice and ethics: Part 1

Part 1 book "The welfare of animals used in research - Practice and ethics" includes content: Introduction, the use of legislative and other controls on animal research to meet public expectations and improve animal welfare, animal rights and animal welfare - philosophy and science, species choice and animal welfare.

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Ebook The welfare of animals used in research - Practice and ethics: Part 1 The Welfare of Animals Used in Research 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 UFAW Animal Welfare Series 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 The Welfare of Animals • 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. Used in Research • Details the advances in animal welfare and the use and development of the 3Rs principles, and how these have Practice and Ethics 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. Robert C. Hubrecht 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. About the Author Robert C. Hubrecht OBE BSc PhD FSB is Deputy Scientific Director of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) and is an acclaimed scholar in this area. He is a zoologist who has specialised in ethology and applied ethology, and has studied the behaviour and physiology of animals both in the wild and in the laboratory. He is co-editor of The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals. “The author has produced a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of how and why animals are used in research, and the ethical and welfare issues that this raises. Our current state of knowledge is clearly explained, together with some excellent examples of the application of the 3Rs to animal research. The author has dealt with a difficult and controversial topic in a balanced manner that will encourage informed debate. This book should be read by all those involved in the use of animals in research and by anyone who has interests or concerns as to how this type of research is conducted.” Prof. Paul Flecknell, Comparative Biology Centre, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle Published as a part of the prestigious Wiley Blackwell – UFAW Animal Welfare series. UFAW, founded 1926, is an internationally Hubrecht recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity. For full details of all titles available in the UFAW series, please visit www.wiley.com/go/ufaw our website at www.wiley.com/go/ufaw. The Welfare of Animals Used in Research The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare UFAW, founded in 1926, is an internationally recognised, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity that promotes high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals, and for those animals with which we interact in the wild. It works to improve animals’ lives by: ●● Funding and publishing developments in the science and technology that underpin advances in ­animal welfare; ●● Promoting education in animal care and welfare; ●● Providing information, organising meetings and publishing books, videos, articles, technical reports and the journal Animal Welfare; ●● Providing expert advice to government departments and other bodies and helping to draft and amend laws and guidelines; ●● Enlisting the energies of animal keepers, scientists, veterinarians, lawyers and others who care about animals. Improvements in the care of animals are not now likely to come of their own accord, merely by wishing them: there must be research…and it is in sponsoring research of this kind, and making its results widely known, that UFAW performs one of its most valuable services. Sir Peter Medawar CBE FRS, 8 May 1957 Nobel Laureate (1960), Chairman of the UFAW Scientific Advisory Committee (1951–1962) UFAW relies on the generosity of the public through legacies and donations to carry out its work, improving the welfare of animals now and in the future. For further information about UFAW and how you can help promote and support its work, please contact us at the following address: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN, UK Tel: 01582 831818 Fax: 01582 831414 Website: www.ufaw.org.uk Email: ufaw@ufaw.org.uk UFAW’s aim regarding the UFAW/Wiley-Blackwell Animal Welfare book series is to promote intere ...