Are animals necessary in

laboratories?

Index
- Animal experiments
- Animal experiments in figure
- Victim species of experiments
- Fields where they are used
- Groups
- Alternative methods to animal
experiments

Vocabulary
- Dissections: disecciones
- AIDS (disease of the inmune system): SIDA (sndrome de
inmunodeficiencia adquirida
- Isolated: aislada
- Mice: ratones
- Mainly: principalmente
- Breed: reproducirse
- Cell: clula
- Tissue: tejido
- Trial: estudio

Animal experiments
The first references to animal experiments are
dated from II and IV b.C. written by the
Greeks.

Many scientists along history made

dissections, for example:

Some of the events and

discoveries are:
- Non-human primates are used in AIDS
cure investigation
- Insulin was isolated for the first time in
1922 by using dogs.
- In 1957 a Russian dog was the first animal
to orbit the Earth.

Animal experiments in figures

The ten countries that use more animals in their
experiments are: United States, Japan, China, Australia,
France, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan and
Brazil.

In Spain, the number has increased more than 51%

from 2005, reaching 1,4 millions in 2010.
In the European Union the number overcomes 12
millions.

Victim species of experiments

Among the animal species used for experiments we
can find: cats, dogs, rats, mice, rabbits from India,
rabbits, fishes, birds, primates and farm animals.

Fields where they are used

Studies carried out by FDA have shown that 92% of the
pharmaceutical potential products, that are supposed to
be effective and safe in animal experiments, fail in clinical
trials.
This fact provokes the death to 58,000 people every year.

Groups
The experiments carried out in animals can be
included in four kinds:
- Product test of consumer goods
- Military research
- Education and training
- Biomedical research

Alternative methods to animal

experiments
This fact helps to introduce alternative
methods such as:
- Cell, tissue and organs culture
-Trials in volunteer humans
-Clinical research
-Software and mathematical models
-Epidemiological studies