Use of Animals in Teaching or Education

• 2–3 per cent of laboratory animals are used in schools and in undergraduate teaching.
• Moreover, in the case of biology classes at secondary schools, or even in undergraduate classes
• This usage has been seen as the only way to teach certain skills (e.g. surgery for doctors and for vets; rectal palpation of cattle for pregnancy diagnosis) or convey certain types of knowledge (e.g. to demonstrate the effect of drugs on heart contractility in a live animal; to teach anatomy through dissection)
• On welfare concern at school-level, in particular, there are concerns that species such as frogs and fish, which are used in dissection, may not be killed humanely
• Veterinary educators are increasingly aware of the 3Rs, and there are many innovative alternatives available to help meet the 3Rs
• g. Slaughtered Recto-genital part, Dummy for Dystocia, 3D visualizes in computer for anatomical study in veterinary, etc.