The Canadian Council on Animal Care is the national peer-review organization responsible for setting, maintaining, and overseeing the implementation of high standards for animal ethics and care in science throughout Canada. Yesterday it released the 2016 statistics describing the numbers and species of animals utilized in science. It shows that 4,308,921 animals were used in … Continue reading Canada sees rise in animal research numbers in 2016
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“The biggest achievement of veterinary history”
That was how John Anderson, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, described yesterday’s announcement by the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) that the dreaded cattle disease Rinderpest has been eradicated. For over a millennium Rinderpest has stalked cattle herds around the world, often leaving famine in its wake, and in the … Continue reading “The biggest achievement of veterinary history”
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