Animal Experiments in Research

Abstract

Animal experiments: definitions and numbers -- Nematodes, fruit flies, mice -- What is an animal experiment and which animals are used? -- Animal experiments in numbers -- Animal experiments in practice: areas in which experimental animals are used -- Basic research -- Increases in medical knowledge -- Focal points in biomedical research -- Transplantation medicine -- Cell and tissue replacement in man -- Stem cell research -- Genome research, mutagenised and transgenic animals -- Transferability of the results from animal experiments to man -- Veterinary research -- Animal experiments & animal protection: an ethical balance -- Is it possible to dispense with animal experiments? -- Are there alternatives to animal experiments? -- Limits to alternative methods -- Three R's -- Acceptance of animal experiements -- Development of ideas on animal protection in Germany -- Ethical aspects of animal experiments and the principle of solidarity -- Animal experiments in Germany: from application to performance -- European regulations on animal experiments -- Animal experiments with the preconditions of approval -- Interpretation of the Animal Welfare Act for the area of animal experiments -- What is the legal definition of "essential"? -- What is the legal definition of "ethically justifiable"? -- Approval procedure -- Performance of animal experiments -- Monitoring of the experiment -- Stress during animal experiments -- Who is allowed to perform animal experiments? -- How is the training performed? -- Responsibility to animal and man -- DFG Senate Commission on Animal Protection and Experimentation.