Animals in scientific research.

The use of animals in research is controversial. Investigate this controversy using at least five resources from the South University Online Library. Do you think it is ethical to use animals in research? Explain your reasoning and support your answer with at least three sources from the South University Online Library (these sources must be different from the ones you already used in this assignment).

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  • Please provide your answers in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document.
  • Support your responses with examples.
  • Cite any sources in APA format.
It just shows all the data bases within the library and from there you should be able to search
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Several issues arise while animals are used for research purposes. However, the argument about ethics in using animals for research is always based on whether the experiments are morally right or wrong. The ethical approach used in conducting such experimental procedures is of importance rather than the morality of the experimenter. Although the use animals in research jeopardize the life of the animals involved, thorough regulations should always be put in place to ensure that they such experimental procedures are carried out humanely. Researchers are therefore urged to follow specific standard principles represented by ‘the three Rs’ (Festing, & Wilkinson, 2007). The first R stands for replacing. By this, the researcher is expected to replace, where possible, experiments that use animals with other techniques like cell culturing rather than using animals. The second R denotes Reduce. By this, it means that the researcher needs to use few animals in experimental procedures. This is possible by use of improved research techniques and collaborating with other scientists so that similar experiments are not carried elsewhere.
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