1. Which areas can
animal experimentation
be used in?

2. OUTLİNE
 What
is the animal testing
 Medical
and Drug areas
 Cosmetic
Sector
 Chemical
and Household Products

3. What is the animal testing
Animal testing, or animal research, refers to the use of
animals in experiments.

4. 1%
15%
Mice
Fish
Reptiles/ amphibians
Birds
Other Mammals
Rats
3%
4%
1%
8%
68%
Other Rodents

5. Benefits of Animal Research
Penicillin
 Mice
Blood Transfusions
 Dogs
Meningitis Vaccine
 Mice
Kidney Transplants
 Dogs and Pigs
Breast Cancer Treatments
 Mice, Rats and Dogs
Asthma Inhalers
 Guinea Pigs and Rabbits
Polio Vaccine
 Mice
Insulin for Diabetics
 Dogs
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
 Monkeys

6. "If your goal is to understand disease and to improve therapy, you're
left with no option. We all work to minimize the use of animals in
our work, and we test as humanely and effectively as possible, but
it's really the essential part of the work."
Dr. Robert Kass
Department Chair, Department of Pharmacology

8. Cosmetics
Hundreds of thousands of animals are
believed killed each year in test
mandatory for all new cosmetics
companies cost billion dollars every year
for this sector.

10. Cosmetics used in testing
•
Lipstick
•
Eye Shadow
•
Eyeliner
•
Mascara
•
Foundation
•
Hairspray

11. •
may show if there are any adverse reactions to skin or eyes
•
may show if product is toxic
•
An animals skin, body, and internal workings are similarly
structured to a humans which gives the closest accurate
results to what a human will experience
•
easier for scientists to get funding when using animal testing
as opposed to human testing

12. •
Extremely painful for animals
•
Test are extremely expensive
•
Test take months or even years to conduct
•
All of the animals are killed once the tests are
completed so that their internal organs can be
examined

13. Alternative Methods
cell cultures
tissue cultures
corneas from the eye banks
sophisticated computer models
HET-CAM test

14. Chemicals
Millions of laboratory animal are used the
world wide in tests to assess the safety of
chemicals. Chemicals form the basis of or
are added to, a huge variety of products in
everyday use.

15. This includes
paints, dyes, plastics, household
cleaners, cosmetics and food additives

16. Questions
Can animals be used for medicene and
drug areas?
People have rights to use animals in such
areas?