Management of pain - humane endpoints - euthanasia of laboratory animals

Pain management and humane endpoints.

Studying humane endpoints in a rat model of mammary carcinogenesis

Objective(s): The present work intended to clearly define the most adequate humane endpoints in an experimental assay of mammary carcinogenesis in rats. Materials and Methods: Animals were observed twice a day; all parameters were registered once a week and the euthanasia endpoints were established in order to monitor the animal welfare/...

Humane Slaughtering of Animals

To the Editor of The Hospital and Health Review. Sir,?There are few questions at present before the public which can compare in importance with that of slaughterhouse reform. There is the cruelty of killing animals by old-fashioned and inefficient methods, there is the insanitary condition of the slaughterhouse and consequent contamination of the meat, there is thewholesale poisoning of the mea...

Carbon Dioxide Use for Euthanasia of Laboratory Animals

The literature on the use of carbon dioxide for inhalation euthanasia of laboratory animals can be considered separately for rodents and poultry. It discusses measurement of aversion to carbon dioxide at different concentrations and with different methods of use, the importance of user training and the variation amongst existing international guidelines. Recent literature recommends the use of ...

Alternative to euthanasia: pain management.

Alternative to Euthanasia: Pain Management Matthew E. Conolly, M.D. Euthanasia is increasingly being touted as a beguilingly simple solution to the tragedy of a badly managed terminal illness. However, critical examination reveals that, far from being any kind of worthwhile solution, euthanasia turns out to be a Pandora’s Box of woes far worse than those which now confront us. It should be emph...