Publications like Frank Stilley's The $100,000 Rat and Other Animal Heroes for Human Health tend to paint a glowing picture of animal experimentation as untainted by inhumane practices and motivated by the pure selfless desire to better the human condition (Goodwin 217). ... Frank Kendig stated in a speech: "In pharmacology there can be little doubt that the traditional and basic procedure of animal experimentation has been central in the development of drugs used in the treatment of diseases of known etiology - drugs such as antibiotics, antiparasitics, antiallergenics, and others. It ...

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Of the many animals used for experiments, about 90 percent are rats, mice and other rodents, while dogs, cats, and primates make up about 1 percent.(2) The animals are used to screen new drug treatments for toxicity. ... It covers the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of these small laboratory animals. ...

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