Franklin M. Loew

TL;DR: In this article, five key terms identify the fields or activities that relate to the care and use of animals in research, education, and testing, including Animal experimentation refers to the scientific study of animals, usually in a laboratory, for the purpose of gaining new biological knowledge or solving specific medical, veterinary medical, dental, or biological problems.

TL;DR: A wide variety of philosophies have been held by people arguing for and against the use of animals in biomedical research as discussed by the authors. But until recently, it was rare for these philosophies to be developed into sophis-icated and coherent arguments but this has changed dramatically.

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the process of evaluating incoming mice from a known source and those from a suspicious or unknown source, and the methods of disease detection used for laboratory mice.

TL;DR: The body of scientific and technical information, knowledge, and skills that bears on both laboratory animal care and laboratory animal medicine and that is roughly analogous to animal science in the agricultural sector are identified.

TL;DR: The debate over the use of animals in research and testing into three broad periods, which started in the 1860s and lasted until World War I, 1950 and has continued to grow, with a few minor retrenchment periods, up to the present time.