Why is that?
2007-09-27 05:04:07 · 7 answers · asked by Rachel J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It depends on the type of testing.
Nonetheless yes, there are tests that do help. Look at all the different meds and treatments that are given to pets, animals in zoos and in the wild. Those drugs and treatments did not just fall out of the sky.
2007-09-27 05:25:47 · answer #1 · answered by The Cheshire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Advances in veterinary medicine are developed through animal testing just as advances in human medicine are. Would you want to give your pet a medication that had never been tested on a living thing?
2007-09-27 09:10:24 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. How else could we know if a treatment was effective without testing it on the species it is intended for ?
The same is true for clinical trials for human medicine. After successful tests in other species, medicine must be tested on willing humans before it can be sold to the general public.
2007-09-27 07:30:35 · answer #3 · answered by hwinnum 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Animal testing has helped animals as well as humans so it is also beneficial to animals.
2015-06-11 10:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by Hamida 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes if it is in the interest of the animal being tested,like feline lukemia they also serve a purpose for human research human trials are not allowed until animal testing is done
2007-09-27 05:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by randall g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is a technique that is intended to protect human beings from the harmful effects of cosmetics and drugs by seeing if the animals are harmed by the chemicals.
That legislation was enacted a century ago before anyone realized animals were more important than people.
Any side benefits like the development of medicines that have veterinary uses are coincidences that were not the original goal.
2007-09-27 06:20:20 · answer #6 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
NO it does not
2007-09-27 05:11:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋