The impact of pain and distress on the outcome of research: Why animal welfare and good science go together (2002)

Rose, M.

Abstract

The notion that strategies that promote animal welfare benefit scientific outcomes would seem to be self-evident. ... Strategies that are useful fall into three broad categories: 1) the management of pain and distress through pharmacological intervention, 2) refinement of techniques or protocols to minimize the impact of a particular procedure or process, and 3) providing a living experience that promotes and animals sense of comfort and well-being, which may enable it to better cope with stress and possibly modulates its experiences of pain or distress. This paper will discuss the implications for scientific outcomes of adopting these three approaches.