A History of the Development of Alternatives to Animals in Research and Testing

Authors

John Parascandola, University of Maryland

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Description

Growing public interest in animal welfare issues in recent decades has prompted increased attention to the efforts to develop alternative, nonanimal methods for use in biomedical research and product testing. In A History of the Development of Alternatives to Animals in Research and Testing, the first book-length study of the subject, John Parascandola traces the history of the concept of alternatives to the use of animals in research and testing in Britain and the United States from its beginnings until it had become firmly established in the scientific and animal protection communities by the end of the 1980s. This account of the history of alternatives is set within the context of developments within science, animal welfare, and politics. The book covers the key role played by animal welfare advocates in promoting alternatives, the initial resistance to alternatives on the part of many in the scientific community, the opportunity provided by alternatives for compromise and cooperation between these two groups, and the dominance of the “Three Rs”—reduction, refinement, and replacement.

ISBN

9781612499659

Publication Date

Summer 7-15-2024

Publisher

Purdue University Press

City

West Lafayette

Keywords

animal legislation, animal protection, animal research, animal testing, animal welfare, antivivisection, humane experimentation, in vitro methods, laboratory animals, non-animal methods, Russell and Burch, biomedical research, product testing

Disciplines

Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine | Veterinary Infectious Diseases | Veterinary Medicine | Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology | Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology | Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health | Veterinary Toxicology and Pharmacology

Comments

Open access publication of this title is supported by Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies.

Recommended Citation

Parascandola, John, "A History of the Development of Alternatives to Animals in Research and Testing" (2024). New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. 7.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ndhab/7