The inner program for the care and use of laboratory animals in biomedical, research and pharmaceutical institutions

Authors

  • Jorge Fernández Hernández Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), México
  • Yvonne Michelle Heuze de Icaza Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México

Abstract

This paper has as goal to analyze the ethics of the care and use of experimental biomodels known as "laboratory animals".

It does not pretend to establish a unique model, but to describe the items to be considered by institutions which produce, maintain and use laboratory animals for academic and/or productive purposes, in order to establish an institutional program for the care and use of animals with the highest scientist, technical and ethical standards.

In the same way, it reviews the public perception on the topic and the ethical concerns about the use of laboratory animals in scientific reseach.

Keywords:

ethics, laboratory animals, animal care and use program

Author Biographies

Jorge Fernández Hernández, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), México

Especialista en Gnotobiología. Jefe de la Unidad de Producción y Experimentación de Animales de Laboratorio del Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav), México.

 

 

 

Yvonne Michelle Heuze de Icaza, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México

Licenciada en Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Coordinadora de la Unidad de Producción y Experimentación de Animales de Laboratorio - Bioterio de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México.