Here a 2021 publication describes how researchers at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health used of 67 inbred male ‘alcohol-preferring’ rats in basic science experiments relating to Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD). The rats were sourced from the Institute’s breeding colony, having been bred specifically to voluntarily consume high
The University of Adelaide, with approval from the university’s animal ‘ethics’ committee, developed a ‘mouse model’ of bacterial scald wound infection and sepsis. To develop the ‘model’ young mice were placed in a 65°C water bath for 45 seconds until a burn characterised by the appearance of a blister and
Fifty-one lambs were used in an experiment to study the effects of melatonin on newborn lambs suffering induced asphyxia.(1) The experiment, published in 2018, was undertaken in Melbourne by staff from Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Monash Health, and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. It was funded by taxpayer’s
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