By Luz De La HoyaENG001A

Dr. Levinson

Have you ever wondered why is said that we are over populated?

Why some diseases that used to kill many people are now treatable, preventable or eradicated?

Why is it that more geriatrics are living longer and healthier lives?

Who are we to thank for this incredible accomplishment?

FEVER & the FLU used to killed many people.

In the early 1900’s a person was expected to live to his or her 40s.

Currently, a person is expected to live to his or her 70s.

Exercising Regularly

Eating Healthy

Aristotle(384 BC- 322 BC)

Traced back to the Ancient Greeks

Erasistratus (304 BC-250 BC)

The first major reference documented on animal testing occurred in the late 19th century, in 1877, by Louis Pasteur.

Dec. 27, 1822 - Sept. 28, 1895

Louis Pasteur

The National Institute of Health (NIH)

Using animals for medical research has been of great help toward the positive evolution of medicine.

Animal Model Medical Benefit for People

Dog Discovery of insulin

Monkey Polio vaccine

Mouse Rabies vaccine

Pig Skin grafts for burn victims

Pig Computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scans

Rabbit Corneal transplants

Rat Carcinogen screening

“Virtually every major medical advance for both humans and animals has been achieved through biomedical research using animal models to study and find a cure for disease, and through animal testing, to prove the safety and efficacy of a new treatment.” Former U.S. Surgeon General

Dr. C Everett Koop

Animal testing has guidelines and rules to follow.

It is controlled and supervised by: ◦ the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care

(PHC) and Use of Laboratory Animals◦ the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory

Animals◦ the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).

Animal research is performed by medical researchers who have Ph.D., D.V.M., or M.D. degrees.

Emergency veterinary care for animals in research clinics is available on a 24-hour basis.

Jerry Vlasak

“If animal abusers aren't going to stop perpetrating these types of atrocities, they ought to be stopped using whatever means necessary.” – Jerry Vlasak

Computer Model in Research

In Vitro Studies in Research

Saves

Lives

Can animal medical research be stopped and still get the same results for finding cures?

PROBABLY NOT

The truth is “You can not have medicine without animal

research."