No animal test please

Animal Testing and Alternatives to Animal Testing

Ekatrina from Uzbekistan Tseki from Mongolia

Contents:

1.How are laboratory animals used?2.What products are tested? 3.What kinds of animals are used in testing?4.What kinds of tests are done?5.Why animal testing is wrong?6.What does "alternatives to animal testing" mean?7.What kinds of alternatives are there? 8.What kinds of alternatives are there for the classroom? 9.What can you do to help?

How are laboratory animals used?

•Biomedical research

•Product safety testing

•Education

What products are tested?

Drugs and Vaccines Cosmetics Shampoo Other personal care products Food additives Food packaging Household cleaners Pesticides Industrial chemicals Fabric treatments, and more.

What kinds of animals are used in testing?

Rats and mice Rabbitsguinea pigs hamsters dogs cats non-human primates assorted other animals

What kinds of tests are done?

Acute-toxicity tests: evaluate the risk of short-term exposure through normal use, accidental contact with the eyes or skin, and accidental ingestion.

Chronic-toxicity tests assess the effects of long-term exposure--often at low levels--to certain substances.

•They can’t tell how much it hurts Remember! It hurts so bad…•They suffer just like we do•They bleed just like we do•They feel lonely and sad just like we do•They want to live just like we do•Because it comes to pain hunger thirst we all basically the same

Why animal testing is wrong?

Just like it’s wrong to experiment on children, people of color,

disabled people or any human being without their consent, it’s

also wrong to experiment on animals.

What does "alternatives to animal testing" mean?

3 Rs: Replacement: the animals are replaced, either by methods that don't involve animals at all (absolute replacement) or by those that use only the cells or tissues of animals (relative replacement)

Reduction: With careful experimental design and sophisticated statistical techniques, it is often possible to use far fewer animals and still get valid results

Refinement: covers anything that serves to reduce the animals' pain and distress or to enhance their well-being.

What kinds of alternatives are there?

Computer modeling: can replace certain kinds of animal use, particularly in education. High school biology classes, for example, might practice dissection on a computer model rather than on real, live frogs.

Improved statistical design: represents one form of reduction alternative. With sophisticated, low cost statistical packages available for the computer these days, investigators can get the most out of the data generated by each animal they use and so need fewer animals altogether.

The Murine Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA):is an alternative method for the identification of chemicals that have the ability to cause skin sensitization and allergic contact dermatitis. Endpoints have been established so fewer animals are required and less painful procedures are used.

What kinds of alternatives are there for the classroom?

•computer simulations•3-D models•Films•interactive videos•virtual reality" devices

What can you do to help?

learn as much as you can about alternatives to animal testing and then share that information with other people. The more people know about alternatives, the better. Be sure to tell them about all 3 Rs--reduction and refinement, as well as replacement.

you also can make a difference by choosing to support those companies that support alternatives to animal testing.

Thank you for your attention

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