Animal Research Argumentative Essay
The Controversy Over Animal Research
Composition: CM121- Argumentative Essay
Globe University- Madison East
Katelyn Shere
Animal research will always be a very controversial subject in the veterinary field and also in the general public. Most people that are against it are just uneducated about all of the aspects of animal research and the high importance of it. The most significant threat against animal research is the organization called PETA. Yet, the president of PETA is an insulin dependent diabetic. I am sure the president of PETA is ignorant to the fact that without animal research, there wouldn’t be insulin for her to use. As a veterinary technician myself, research on animals seems to be …show more content…
The use of an animal model led to the discovery of both radiotherapy and chemotherapy. During radiotherapy, radiation causes the tumor to shrink in size without doing to much damage to the rest of the patients body. Chemotherapy is a concoction of drugs that stop and kill the tumor from dividing and causing more cancer cells. Hodgkins disease is amongst the leading types of cancers that kills people everyday. Patients with Hodgkins disease, without any treatment will always die but because of animal research they are now able to be treated. According to SIMR, “ Today 6 out of every 10 children that develop leukaemia can be cured and overall 4 out of 10 people who develop cancer are now cured. Twenty years ago, the figure was 2 out of 10.” (SIMR, 2000). The facts themselves prove that animal research is a necessity in treating and possibly finding a cure to cancer in the …show more content…
The benefits of doing experiments on animals for the direct care of companion pets is often overlooked. Without the use of laboratory experiments on animals, vaccinations for our companion pets would not exist. Dogs can suffer from an array of different diseases that have all been learned to prevent through vaccinations. Distemper, infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, kennel cough, and parvovirus infections can all be prevented for the mot part by use of a vaccination. Cats can also transmit infectious diseases such as the cat flu, feline enteritis, and leukemia. These diseases also have vaccinations that would not have been able to be discovered without the animal model in a research
Composition: CM121- Argumentative Essay
Globe University- Madison East
Katelyn Shere
Animal research will always be a very controversial subject in the veterinary field and also in the general public. Most people that are against it are just uneducated about all of the aspects of animal research and the high importance of it. The most significant threat against animal research is the organization called PETA. Yet, the president of PETA is an insulin dependent diabetic. I am sure the president of PETA is ignorant to the fact that without animal research, there wouldn’t be insulin for her to use. As a veterinary technician myself, research on animals seems to be …show more content…
The use of an animal model led to the discovery of both radiotherapy and chemotherapy. During radiotherapy, radiation causes the tumor to shrink in size without doing to much damage to the rest of the patients body. Chemotherapy is a concoction of drugs that stop and kill the tumor from dividing and causing more cancer cells. Hodgkins disease is amongst the leading types of cancers that kills people everyday. Patients with Hodgkins disease, without any treatment will always die but because of animal research they are now able to be treated. According to SIMR, “ Today 6 out of every 10 children that develop leukaemia can be cured and overall 4 out of 10 people who develop cancer are now cured. Twenty years ago, the figure was 2 out of 10.” (SIMR, 2000). The facts themselves prove that animal research is a necessity in treating and possibly finding a cure to cancer in the …show more content…
The benefits of doing experiments on animals for the direct care of companion pets is often overlooked. Without the use of laboratory experiments on animals, vaccinations for our companion pets would not exist. Dogs can suffer from an array of different diseases that have all been learned to prevent through vaccinations. Distemper, infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, kennel cough, and parvovirus infections can all be prevented for the mot part by use of a vaccination. Cats can also transmit infectious diseases such as the cat flu, feline enteritis, and leukemia. These diseases also have vaccinations that would not have been able to be discovered without the animal model in a research