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The Experimental
Use of Chickens and Other Birds in Biomedical and Agricultural Research
By Karen Davis, PhD © 2003.
The Experimental Use of Chickens and Other
Birds in Biomedical and Agricultural Research by Karen Davis,
PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns, was graciously funded
by the New England Anti-Vivisection Society
(NEAVS), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to
ending animal experimentation. United Poultry Concerns, Inc. is
a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful
treatment of domestic fowl. Permission to use material from this
report is granted on condition of acknowledgement.
New England Anti-Vivisection Society
333 Washington Street, Suite 850, Boston, MA 02108-5100 USA telephone: (617)
523-6020 | www.neavs.org |
info@neavs.org |
United Poultry Concerns, Inc.
PO Box 50, Machipongo, VA 23405-0150 USA telephone: (757)-678-7875
| www.upc-online.org |
info@upc-online.org |
NEAVS & UPC gratefully acknowledge
the research assistance provided by Mary Finelli, the editor of
Farmed Animal Net, which can be found on the Web at www.farmedanimal.net.
Contents
- Introduction:
Millions of Birds are Used in Research
- History and Definition of Birds
as Animal Models
- Birds Used in Biomedical
Research
- Sclerosis and Fibrosis Experiments
- Diet and Nutrition Experiments
- Muscular Dystrophy and Muscular Performance Experiments
- Visual Impairment Experiments
- Surgical Experiments
- Sex-Change Experiments
- Organ Development and Deformity Experiments
- Trans-Species Brain Transplants
- Aging Experiments
- Pain Experiments
- Birds Used in Chemical,
Toxicological, Virus Detection, Space Shuttle, and Classroom Tests
- Smoke Inhalation Experiments
- Drug Testing
- Classroom Experiments
- Space Shuttle Experiments
- Gulf War Chemicals Experiments
- Virus Detection: Chickens Used as Sentinels
- Birds Used
In Agricultural Research
- Vivisection and the Poultry and Egg Industries
- USDA Bibliography: Stress in Poultry Experiments
- Shell-less Egg Experiment on Hens Using Balloons and Tampons
- Chickens as a Model for Prenatal Mammalian Stress in Factory
Farming
- Partial Beak Amputation Experiments
- Contact Lens Experiments
- Behavioral Experiments to Fit Birds to Factory Farming
- Forced Molting (Food Deprivation) Experiments
- Feather Pulling Experiments
- Featherless Chicken Experiments
- Genetic Engineering
and Cloning of Domestic Fowl
- To Develop and Refine Experimental Methodologies & Technologies
- To Produce Pharmaceuticals
- To Exploit Profitable Poultry “Meat” Traits
- Misery of Modern “Meat” Birds
- Cloning of Chickens for the Poultry Industry
- Conclusion:
Night of the Living Dead for Birds
- The Blind Chicken Solution
- The Headless Chicken Solution
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
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