| 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.
United Poultry Concerns, Inc.
PO Box 50, Machipongo, VA 23405-0150 USA telephone: (757)-678-7875
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New England Anti-Vivisection Society
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United Poultry Concerns gratefully
acknowledges 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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