🐭❤️ What's the most humane way to euthanize a lab mouse?

🧑‍🔬🐁New research suggests that a method known as inert gas asphyxiation may be less stressful for the animals compared to other commonly used methods

Learn more: https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/whatsthemosthumanewaytoeuthanasealabmouse #animalwelfare #labanimals

“I imagined lab mice that had dug into the soft earth, tunnelled under the metal fenceposts, and slipped into the woods. They took their data with them, and were lost to science forever.” -The Case for Free-Range Lab Mice, @thenewyorker

Please boost and read the whole story here: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-case-for-free-range-lab-mice

#freerange #labanimals #experimentation

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Can animal experiments still be trusted?

My latest, in the @NewYorker

#labanimals #science #animals

tinyurl.com/freerangelabmice

Can animal experiments still be trusted?

My latest, in the @NewYorker

#labanimals #science #animals

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-case-for-free-range-lab-mice

Scientists grew mini human guts inside mice - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

Your gut has an obvious job: It... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1914995 #syndication #labanimals #research #science #gitract #mice

Ars Technica: Scientists grew mini human guts inside mice https://arstechnica.com/?p=1914995 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #syndication #labanimals #research #Science #GItract #Mice

You can read this article w/out a subscription via link below #OpenAccess

#NYT: What Do We Owe #LabAnimals?
Standard ethical guidelines encourage minimizing use of, and harm to, #animals in #research. Some experts propose an additional courtesy: repayment.

@9brandon

Been thinking about related issue since recent mtg re a neuroscience ed proposal by my museum. Would engage visitors w/fruit fly experiments including #TBI. Even w/flies, this made me uncomfortable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/science/what-do-we-owe-lab-animals.html?unlocked_article_code=x_qbLnPZ9lfONAPZa2GL751tWU2gWgOcA8VhOQRavMNqHgQtK0hWfmJvYWR4-BsyY7Ea_HsMhxn37Lmn4360uAyCPXWEjS2uPSbTE4BaL0lDJMmtNSkzET1d8DzPnJaiJEjigetBzoGcZDhMMsL7zcVFiVjia_Yod_ldBQYl1gc9ir2vqnl058MtlgYquyjUmydHvkt-IFcG-uUgcVdZxdH8kPbcLz1Yt7z0jYI4d8oaOTAbbq-rbYyTYta-eZ7vyaiEkXDiBjkJa8St_uPzq1PsggffHweCJsivo3PseJ93uUAYQo-NcAjWDOJTyMxFJIbMtfXUPG38XAkO0AjHVRFGwTo&smid=share-url

We owe lab animals a debt of kindness,
An ethical duty we must now witness.
When in research they're used,
We must be conscious and prudent
We owe them a courtesy and a recompense.

#labanimals #research #ethics #compassion #ode #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/science/what-do-we-owe-lab-animals.html