What is oral gavage? Oral gavage is a procedure used commonly in animal research to deliver a substance directly into an animal’s stomach. It involves restraining a conscious animal and repeatedly forcing a tube or rigid needle down its throat Why is oral gavage used? Gavage allows researchers to control
Article Influenza, but not SARS-CoV-2, infection induces a rapid interferon response that wanes with age and diminished tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells Clinical & Translational Immunology (2021) https://doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1242 Authors Thi HO Nguyen1 , Julie L McAuley1 , Youry Kim1 , Ming ZM Zheng1 , Nicholas A Gherardin 1,2 , Dale
Hidden away in Australian research laboratories, hundreds of primates are being used in a variety of biomedical experiments. They are subjected to a wide range of procedures including brain and vision experiments, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), studies and heart research. These primates – macaques, marmosets and baboons – are sourced from
These statistics should be used for general purposes only. The latest available figures, from 2017, show that: In Victoria, 1,571,374 animals were used In New South Wales, 2,625,290 animals were used In Tasmania, 288,386 animals were used In Queensland, 13,298,741 animals were used In Western Australia, 2,376,678 animals were used. Figures for 2017 are not available for South Australia, the
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