... one other species. Charles Cornelius, a vet, has compiled a list of about 350 diseases found in animals, which also occurs in a similar form in people. Since there is a similarity between animal and human diseases the same medicines can often be used to treat both. Research using animals comprise only about 5% of total biomedical research and uses about 10% of research funds.*Animals are only used when no other research technique will provide the required information. Non-animal methods such as computer modelling, tissue culture and patient studies are widely used alongside animal studies but more often compliment animal studies than act as a replacement for them. Most scientists care a great deal about the animals they use and animal research is strictly controlled by law. All experiments on animals must be approved by Home Office Inspectors, who are doctors and vets, who insist that any distress caused to the animals be ...

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