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Animal Testing

Animal Testing. Quiz. Who wants to take a medicine to help them when they are sick?. Who doesn’t like the thought of animal testing?. Which medicines wouldn’t we have without animal testing?. Which of these products are tested on animals?. All Tested On Animals.

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Animal Testing

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  1. Animal Testing

  2. Quiz

  3. Who wants to take a medicine to help them when they are sick?

  4. Who doesn’t like the thought of animal testing?

  5. Which medicines wouldn’t we have without animal testing?

  6. Which of these products are tested on animals?

  7. All Tested On Animals

  8. Which of these products are tested on animals?

  9. All Tested On Animals

  10. We can’t have new medicines without animal testing

  11. Why?

  12. Steps to making a medicine

  13. Make chemicals Test chemicals work in test tubes Steps to making a medicine

  14. Make chemicals Test chemicals work in test tubes Test chemicals absorbed and work in animals Steps to making a medicine

  15. Make chemicals Test chemicals work in test tubes Test chemicals absorbed and work in animals Test chemicals safe in animals Steps to making a medicine

  16. Types of animal research

  17. Types of animals used

  18. Number of animals used decreasing UK procedures by year

  19. Animal testing centers • Government inspected • Animals kept well • Animals cared for and disease free • Animals bred (especially for testing) • Animalsnotcollected from the wild

  20. Few animals suffer from pain • 91%of research (not painful to animals) • 50%of testing did not have to do with pain at all. • 34%were given pain killers or put to sleep.

  21. Animal disease testing • Flu vaccine- chickens • Polio vaccine- mice and monkeys • Penicillin- mice • Heart surgery- dogs • Transplants- dogs, sheep, cows, and pigs • Rabies vaccine- dog and rabbit • Diabetes treatment- dogs and fish • Multiple sclerosis – mice, monkey

  22. Animal benefits • 90% of animal medicines come from animal testing

  23. LOCAL NEWS | MORE LOCAL NEWS     Printer Friendly Version Priner Friendly VersionEmail Story to a FriendEmail Story to a Friend Subscribe February 14, 2001 Animal rights activists

  24. Is there an alternative to animal testing?

  25. Not Yet

  26. Conclusions • Animal testing is a necessary evil to get new medicines • The number of animals used is declining • Most studies use rats and mice • Most studies are not painful • The animals are well looked after • Animal medicines also come from animal testing

  27. Graphics by David PatouEditing by David PatouStory by Gary Patou

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