Medical Advances

• Observations with bacteria and virusí to see how they affect body organs

• You can develop vaccines when you are able to pinpoint the cause and the affect of the vaccine

• Antibiotic development

• Pre-clinical testing is done on animals before they are tested on humans.Ý Many drugs have been kept off the market due to the harmful results seen in animals.

• There would be a greater suffering in the world if it was not for all of the medical advances that have been learned though animal models.

Teaching Tool

• Veterinarians and surgeons prefect surgical procedures on laboratory animals.

• Students learn about the body and the way that it should function and look before assessing damaged systems.

• Learning is best completed by observations and procedures on animals.