for animal testing means the experiment for study and research conducted on laboratory animals (eg within the pharmacological, physiological, pathophysiological, biomedical, biological) that aim to identify potentially harmful substances / toxic to humans present in medicine and in general substances tested. The experiments may be of different types, the most common test is to ensure that the sample on a specific animal diseases and to test the reaction to medications and other therapeutic practices. They can be administered, for example chemicals, bacteria and viruses. The test animals may be exposed to radiation or subjected to mutilation of various kinds.
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The terms animal testing and vivisection indicate similar practices. However you use use it with a more negative value as a source of pain and torture on live animals and often do not anesthetized.
exploitation of animals in laboratory experiments has always been a controversial practice. As we can not ignore the fact that they have had role in the development of scientific research, the ethical question is very strong.
These practices are in fact perceived by many as unnecessary and useless violence to medical progress and scientific.
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