La nouvelle directive européenne en matière d’expérimentation animale et l’échelle des êtres sensibles. Du dualisme au gradualisme
Besides the desire to reduce differences between European countries, the new European directive on animal experiments gives a special status to non-human primates. This new status undermines the act of substitution that is the basis for the use of "animal model". Moreover, this Direc...
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| Language: | English |
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Société Francophone de Primatologie
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Revue de Primatologie |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/primatologie/865 |
| Summary: | Besides the desire to reduce differences between European countries, the new European directive on animal experiments gives a special status to non-human primates. This new status undermines the act of substitution that is the basis for the use of "animal model". Moreover, this Directive results in the establishment of a gradualist scale of sentient beings which updates recurrent tensions and debates within the world of animal experimentation. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-3757 |