Investigation on the Alternatives to Animal Experimentation in U. S. A.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	03041072
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	Field Research
Research Institution	Keio Univeristy School of Medicine
Principal Investigator	MAEJIMA Kazuyoshi Keio University School of Medicine, 医学部, 教授 (70051464)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MATSUSHIMA Yoshifumi Ohu University Dental School, 歯学部, 講師 SHINODA Moto Gummma University School of Medicine, 医学部, 助手 KIUCHI Yoshihiro Yokohama Municipal University Medical School, 医学部, 助教授 (80012764) MATSUDA Yukihisa Akita University School of Medicine, 医学部, 助教授 (50157327) ANDO Ryuichiro Tohoku College of Pharmacy, 講師 (30158737) KUHARA Takatoshi Teikyo University School of Medicine, 医学部, 講師 (70134616)
Project Period (FY)	1991
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1991)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000) Fiscal Year 1991: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Keywords	Alternatives / Animal Welfare / Protocol Check System / Animal Care Committee / Institutional Animal Care and Use Commitee (IACUC) / Animal Facility Inspection
Research Abstract	We visited to Canada and U. S. A. and met Dr. J. Ikeda-Douglas and Rev. S. E. Pearson (Toronto University), Dr. G. Wallace and Mrs. J. Vinet (Mt. Sinai Hospital of Toronto), Drs. P. B. Car tet, C. McPherson and M. Levy and Mr. F. P. Ward, Jr. (North Carolina State University Veterinary School), Dr. P. Feeser (Duke University Primate Centu), Dr. W. S. Stokes (National Institute of Environmental Research), Drs. A. M. Goldberg and J. S. Poling (Johns Hopkins University School of Hygine), Dr. A. E. New (American Association for Accredation of Laboratory Animal Care), Mrs. K. S. Hoffman (North Carolina association for biomedical Research), Mr. J. Sylvester, Jr. (North Carolina Japan Center)and other many Canadian and American. And then, we debated about animal welfare movement, animal care committee or institutional animal care and use committee, protocol check system and inspection for animal facility. From the present investigation, we concluded that Japan should legislate protocol check system by animal care committee. The detail report of the premerit investigation will be published on a journal, ANITEX, Vol. 4, , No. 3 at May 1992.