dogs used as a tool for diagnostic of medical conditions?
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I actually just heard about this. There is a place that trains dogs to sniff out cancers. It sounds kinda strange, but they stated that some dogs had done this without any training.
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it can be a labrador or a pitbull
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Drugs dogs are trained to find illegal drugs not aspirin or toys or anything else but drugs.So don`t worry
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I totally disagree with animal testing. They do not only use unadoptable animals they use specially bred dogs, maily beagles. These animals have a miserable existence and some suffer abuse from the lab technicians if they don't tow the line i.e. allow blood to be taken from the vein in their necks without struggling. I have suffered a great deal of trauma from what I have experienced first hand of this practice. It's no good saying only necessary experiments can be done as this is just too ethically difficult to decide so a blanket 'permission' is given to the drugs companies. Each study uses about 50 dogs who only stay alive for 6 months and are then all euthanised. Some of the technicians find this funny....I have seen this! These animals respond to love .... I tried to give it to them....but it didn't save them, probably made it worse for them to accept the cruelty and suffering.
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i guess u talking about congenital hip dysplasia or an associated condition, usually seen in dogs and sometimes in cats
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Invertebrates\n\nThe greatest number of animals used for animal testing are the invertebrates, Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. This is in part because of the short generation time of under a week, and in the case of C. elegans details being known about the precise lineage of all of the organisms cells. However, with the exeption of some cephalopods, invertebrate species are not protected under most animal research legislation, and therefore the total number of invertebrates used remains unknown.\n\n\nRodents\n\nRats and mice, the most commonly utilized vertebrate species, are used in large proportion because they are small, inexpensive, easy to handle and care for, and can produce up to 100 pups in a year. Mice are considered the prime model of inhereted human disease, are genetically tractable and share 99% of their genes with humans. [47] In the UK, 1,910,110 mice were used in 2004. In the U.S., the numbers of rats and mice used are not reported, but are estimated to exceed 20 million. \n\nFish and amphibia\n\nIn the UK, 194,562 fish and 18,195 amphibia were used in 2004 [48]. The major species utilized are the zebrafish, Danio rerio, which are translucent during their embryonic stage, and the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis.\n\n\nRabbits\n\nOver 20,000 rabbits were used for animal testing in the UK in 2004. Albino rabbits are used in eye irritancy tests because they have less tear flow than other animals. They are also used in skin irritancy tests (see Draize test). In 2004 less than 12% of the rabbits were used for safety testing of non-medical products.\n\n\nDogs\n\nBeagles are used, because they are friendly and gentle, in toxicity tests, surgery, and dental experiments. Toxicology tests are required to last six months in the UK, although British laboratories carry out tests lasting nine months on behalf of Japanese and American customers. In the UK, most dogs are bred for the purpose, for example by Harlan in Leicestershire. Of the 5,570 dogs used in the UK in 2004, 5,476 were purpose-bred.\n\nNon-human primates\n\nIn the United States, 54,998 non-human primates were used in 2004, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an annual figure that has been more or less steady since 1973. In the European Union, 10,000 are used each year, with 4,208 used in Britain in 2004, a decrease of 591 from the previous year. \n\nMost of the NHPs used are baboons, macaques, marmosets, and chimpanzees. The use of great apes, also known as Hominidae — humans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans — is prohibited in Britain, but chimpanzees are still used in the U.S., with an estimated 1,300 in use at any given time, according to the Humane Society of the United States. [53]\n\nThere are indications that NHP use is on the rise. In the U.S., the Oregon and California National Primate Research Centers and New Iberia Research Center have expanded their facilities; the National Institutes of Health is inviting applications for the establishment of new breeding colonies; and a new breeding colony expected to house 3,000 NHPs is being set up in Florida. China is also increasing its NHP use, and is regarded as attractive to Western companies because of the low cost of research, the relatively lax regulations and the increase in animal-right activism in the West. [54] Oxford University in the UK is building a new animal-research center that protesters say may house a new primate facility, [55] [56] though Oxford has said that 98% of the animals housed will be rodents and fish, and "there may also be some ... primates." [57]\n\nContrary to this, the British government reported in 2004 that "there is a definite long-term downward trend" in the use of NHPs.\n\nCats\n\nIn the UK, 819 cats were used in 2004.\n\nHope this helps,\n\nJDC
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Is this a serious question?  Did it ever occur to you that the biology of a dog is just a wee bit different than that of a human?
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Human medication is NOT TO BE USED ON PETS!\n\nI have included some links for you to check out.\n\nIf you believe the dog is in pain then take it to the vet, and have it prescribed the correct dose of medication. Vet take into consideration the dogs, age, size and breed, before giving you any medication.
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No. the lupus we get and the one dogs get are 2 completey different diseases, with different genetic structures.
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If you can find someone who practices animal accupuncture, it's worth a shot. I've know people who've done it with their pets and they swear by it.\n\nI had treatments myself for a number of months but got very little from it so it may just depend on the practitioner.
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I don't think we should test such paltry things as beauty products on animals.  I don't think we should use animals for research of any kind UNLESS we can show that it is a study that will possibly save or extend human life, and that no human beings are willing to participate in the testing.  Any animals used for this purpose should be put into a state of sleep or made insensitive to pain.  They should be rewarded with everything they like best.  They should be given names, and these names should be listed on the products for all people benefitting from these tests to read.
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Not for medical research .\n\nrats that are bred specifically for study are used because the groups are controlled and require the test subjects to be the same to have more accuracy in comparing results.I can't imagine chimps being bred like that . t's way too cruel of a life anyway.\n\nbut some research  maybe for learning related studies, communication, language etc...\n\nI like the idea of certain catagories of inmate to be used as a test subject
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Yea, it could be.  I would go back to the vet and tell them the symptoms and when, why and how of it all.  They should be able to help you with more information that you have given them If you are not happy, I would go to another vet.  This can be taken care of, if you have a vet who is sincere.
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dep dog has the rght answer
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I work with my dogs on their special skills for their jobs. I have dogs that do arson, bomb detection, search and rescue and assistance work.
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=I am a dog lover too.  If you have wounds that won't heal it could mean serious trouble like diabetes so I would get tested as soon as possible by a Doctor or a clinic or the VNA.  Diabetes is a serious condition which could result in loss of limbs and eyesight for example.  I do not man to scare you but if This is the case the sooner th better you need to get on some medication.  Best wishes
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of course- if I was dying of a serious illness I'd want any medication that would help me- tested on animals or not. Its survival of the fittest, simple.