The impact of an ethics committee on animal protection

Authors

  • Josué Lopes Correa Neto Universidade de Brasília, Cátedra Unesco de Bioética
  • Claudio Lorenzo Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Professor dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Bioética e em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade de Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Mauro Sanchez Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Saúde Coletiva

Abstract

The creation of animal ethics committees in teaching and research establishes a new ethics in relations with non-human animals. The present article carried out a statistical study of data from 390 research protocols evaluated over eight years by a commission at one Brazilian university, to determine if its actions brought about a reduction in suffering and a proportional decrease in the practice of euthanasia. A statistical significance study was carried out using an extension of the Wilcoxon test, seeking to verify a long-term trend of protection procedures, such as lower predicted levels of stress and pain in protocols, more frequent use of anesthesia and sedatives and a reduction in euthanasia. The results were statistically significant for all three of these items, suggesting a concrete effect of animal protection. The method used is proposed as a form of evaluating the use of these procedures by commissions.

Keywords:

Ethical review. Bioethics. Animal experimentation. Euthanasia, animal.

Author Biography

Mauro Sanchez, Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Saúde Coletiva

Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade de Brasília. Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Vol. 25 No. 3 (2017): Rev. bioét. (Impr.). 2017; 25 (3)

Published:

2017-12-05

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Correa Neto JL, Lorenzo C, Sanchez M. The impact of an ethics committee on animal protection. Rev. bioét.(Impr.). [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 5 [cited 2024 May 14];25(3). Available from: http://www.revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/revista_bioetica/article/view/1268