Abstract
In biomedical research, experiments should only be done with a conscious animal if it is not possible to do the study in an anesthetized one. Anesthetic conditions should always be chosen to exclude stress, discomfort, and pain for the animal which could have negative influences on the pharmacological results and reproducibility of the data. Therefore, an experimental design causing minimal discomfort to the animal is always preferable. This is important not only for humanitarian reasons but also for good scientific practice.
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Herling, A.W. (2016). Anesthesia of Experimental Animals. In: Hock, F. (eds) Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05392-9_133
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