Real-time bioacoustics monitoring and automated species identification by T. Mitchell Aide, Carlos Corrada-Bravo, Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Carlos Milan, Giovany Vega, Rafael Alvarez

“…Traditionally, animal species diversity and abundance is assessed using a variety of methods that are generally costly, limited in space and time, and most importantly, they rarely include a permanent record. …”
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Utilising Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease Research: Focus on Glia by Katrina Albert, Jonna Niskanen, Sara Kälvälä, Šárka Lehtonen

“…Particularly in complex human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, iPSCs can give advantages over traditional animal models in that they more accurately represent the human genome. …”
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Legal status of pets and pretium affectionis by Radulović Srđan

“…Yet, the mere hint that there is a possibility to finally overcome the traditional "animal = object" concept creates an obligation to review all other civil law provisions and principles de lege lata, and especially de lege ferenda. …”
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The participation of public institutions and private sector stakeholders to Devrekani Watershed management planning process by Sevgi Öztürk, Gülseven Ubay Tönük

“…Having an environmental plan (EP), supporting the traditional animal husbandry were determined as the highest priority factors by the local administration group and the presence of forests and grasslands and the eco-tourism potential were determined as the highest priority factors for the private sector. …”
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Characterization of the rhizophora particleboard as a tissue-equivalent phantom material bonded with bio–based adhesive by Ehsan Taghizadeh Tousi, Rokiah Hashim, Sabar Bauk, Mohamad Suhaimi Jaafar, Ali Mohammad Hamdan Abuarra, Amer Mahmoud Al-Jarrah, Baker Ababneh, Afsaneh Taghizadeh Tousi, Khalid Saleh Ali Aldroobi

“…In this study, some characteristics of Rhizophora spp. particleboards bonded with Serishoom (traditional animal–based adhesive) as a phantom material was investigated. …”
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Animal models of listeriosis: a comparative review of the current state of the art and lessons learned by Hoelzer Karin, Pouillot Régis, Dennis Sherri

“…Newly emerging data about species-specific differences have recently raised concern about the validity of most traditional animal models of listeriosis. However, considerable uncertainty about the best choice of animal model remains. …”
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Plant-Based Seafood Analogs by Meital Kazir, Yoav D. Livney

“…The aim is to replace traditional animal-based food with various alternatives, predominantly plant-based analogs. …”
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Microfluidics-Based Technologies for the Assessment of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer by Amel Sassi, Lidan You

“…In light of the limitations of traditional animal models and 2D in vitro technologies, the emergence of microfluidics as a tool for prostate cancer research shows tremendous promise. …”
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Recapitulating the Cancer Microenvironment Using Bioprinting Technology for Precision Medicine by Jisoo Kim, Jinah Jang, Dong-Woo Cho

“…The construction of the cancer microenvironment, including the cell–cell interactions and extracellular matrix (ECM), plays a significant role in the development of drug resistance. Traditional animal models used in drug discovery studies have been associated with feasibility issues that limit the recapitulation of human functions; thus, in vitro models have been developed to reconstruct the human cancer system. …”
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Standardisation and international adoption of defined approaches for skin sensitisation by Silvia Casati, David Asturiol, Patience Browne, Nicole Kleinstreuer, Michèle Régimbald-Krnel, Pierre Therriault

“…This Defined Approach Guideline was the first of its kind for the OECD, and provides an important precedent for regulatory adoption of human biology-relevant new approach methodologies with performances equivalent to, or better than, traditional animal tests. This mini review summarizes the principal features of the defined approaches described in OECD guideline 497.…”
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Ethnozoological study of animal based medicines used by traditional healers from south eastern area of Golaghat district, Assam by Gitashri Saikia, Raju N.L.

“…A total six communities viz., Koch, Kalita, Chutia, Ahom, Nath and Mising have been chosen based on semi-structured questionnaire through interactive personal interview and group discussion on the use of traditional animal based medicines by these local people for the treatment of various diseases. …”
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iPSC-Cardiomyocyte Models of Brugada Syndrome—Achievements, Challenges and Future Perspectives by Aleksandra Nijak, Johan Saenen, Alain J. Labro, Dorien Schepers, Bart L. Loeys, Maaike Alaerts

“…The main hurdle for the study of the functional effects of those variants is the need for a specific model that mimics the complex environment of human cardiomyocytes. Traditionally, animal models or transient heterologous expression systems are applied for electrophysiological investigations, each of these models having their limitations. …”
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Zebrafish as an Emerging Model for Sarcopenia: Considerations, Current Insights, and Future Directions by Santiago Callegari, Foad Mirzaei, Lila Agbaria, Sanobar Shariff, Burhan Kantawala, Desmond Moronge, Brian M. O. Ogendi

“…Despite extensive efforts to study muscle degeneration using traditional animal models, there is still a lack of effective diagnostic tools, precise biomarkers, and treatments for sarcopenia. …”
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The adverse outcome pathway for breast cancer: a knowledge management framework bridging biomedicine and toxicology by Elena von Coburg, Sebastian Dunst

“…In that regard, the rapid progress of biomedical and toxicological research in recent years now allows the pursuit of new approaches based on non-animal methods that provide greater mechanistic insight than traditional animal models and therefore facilitate the development of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) for human diseases. …”
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Profiling animal toxicants by automatically mining public bioassay data: a big data approach for computational toxicology. by Jun Zhang, Jui-Hua Hsieh, Hao Zhu

“…In vitro bioassays have been developed and are currently being evaluated as potential alternatives to traditional animal toxicity models. Already, the progress of high throughput screening techniques has resulted in an enormous amount of publicly available bioassay data having been generated for a large collection of compounds. …”
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Revolutionizing nephrology research: expanding horizons with kidney-on-a-chip and beyond by Wei Huang, Yi-Yuan Chen, Fang-Fang He, Chun Zhang

“…The superior simulation capabilities compared to traditional animal experiments and two-dimensional cell cultures, making OoC a valuable tool for in vitro research. …”
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Amazon rainforest rodents (Proechimys) are resistant to post-stroke epilepsy by Nancy N. Ortiz-Villatoro, Selvin Z. Reyes-Garcia, Leandro Freitas, Laís D. Rodrigues, Luiz E. C. Santos, Jean Faber, Esper A. Cavalheiro, Josef Finsterer, Fulvio A. Scorza, Antônio C. G. de Almeida, Carla A. Scorza

“…The present comparative study was conducted to assess (1) stroke-related brain responses 24-h and 30 days after cortical photothrombosis and (2) post-stroke epilepsy between Proechimys rodents and Wistar rats, a traditional animal used for laboratory research. Proechimys group showed smaller volume of ischemic infarction and lesser glial activation than Wistar group. …”
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Assessment of quality and chemical composition of continental halophytic grasslands in south-east Europe by Milica LUKOVIĆ, Urban ŠILC, Jovica VASIN, Jasmina RADOVIĆ, Goran TOPISIROVIĆ, Marija KOSTIĆ, Zora DAJIĆ STEVANOVIĆ

“…Continental halophytic grasslands of the Central and South-East Europe are not considered as favourable for arable farming, however, traditional animal husbandry plays a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and preserving these natural habitats. …”
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Traditional Uses, Origins, Chemistry and Pharmacology of Bombyx batryticatus: A Review by Meibian Hu, Zhijie Yu, Jiaolong Wang, Wenxiang Fan, Yujie Liu, Jianghua Li, He Xiao, Yongchuan Li, Wei Peng, Chunjie Wu

“…Bombyx batryticatus (B. batryticatus), a well-known traditional animal Chinese medicine, has been commonly used in China for thousands of years. …”
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Mammalian and Invertebrate Models as Complementary Tools for Gaining Mechanistic Insight on Muscle Responses to Spaceflight by Thomas Cahill, Henry Cope, Joseph J. Bass, Eliah G. Overbey, Rachel Gilbert, Willian Abraham da Silveira, Amber M. Paul, Tejaswini Mishra, Raúl Herranz, Sigrid S. Reinsch, Sylvain V. Costes, Gary Hardiman, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Candice G. T. Tahimic

“…One outstanding issue is how to maximize scientific output from a limited number of omics datasets from traditional animal models including nematodes, fruitfly, and rodents. …”
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