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Animal Welfare

Addressing Animal welfare related topics and issues

  • Fialuridine: Drug failure even when tested on an Animal Model

    21st Nov 2019 by

    It is known that many drug successes have originated from the use of an animal model. However, over the years several so call disasters have become apparent. In 1993, a hepatitis drug ‘Fialuridine’ resulted in five deaths and two seriously ill [1], making it the worst trial disaster on record [2]. Reports suggest that mistakes… Read more

  • Mulesing in Sheep

    3rd Nov 2020 by

    What is Mulesing? Mulesing is the process of removing folds of wool-bearing skin from the tail area of a sheep (Figure 1), intended to reduce fly strike (compassion in world farming, 2020). Once the area is healed, scar tissue no longer produces wool in this area. Therefore, stool and mud that attracts parasites is no… Read more

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