SPECIES, BREED & STRAIN

Animal welfare: how an animal cope with its environment

5 freedoms：

free from discomfort - shelter

free from pain, injury and ds -diagnosis, tx

free to express normal behavior 

free from fear and distress - avoid mental suffering 

free from hunger and thirst - fresh water, diet, full health

21 cruelty offenses:

Zebra fish

Danio rerio

unique ability to repair heart muscle

developmental biology, oncology, toxicology, reproductive studies, teratology, genetics, neurobiology, environmental sc, stem cell research, regenerative medicine, muscular dystrophies, evolutionary theory 

Fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster

genetics, physiology, pathogenesis, life history evolution

Nematode

Caenorhabditis elegans
non hazardous, non infectious, non pathogenic, non parasitic

Rodentia鼠类

open-rooted sharp teeth

hindgut microbial fermentation chambers 

coprophagic吃屎

Mouse

Mus musculus

BALB/C

ICR

Knockout

Transgenic

Congenic

Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Wistar rat

Sprague-Dawley

Long-Evans

Hamster

Mesocricetus auratus

Syrian

Gebril

Meriones unguiculatus 

Mongolian

Guinea pig

Cavia porcellus 

Short hair

Abyssinian

Peruvian

Dunkin-Hartley

Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus 

Primate:

Strepsirhine

Haplorphine

old & new world monkeys

Marmoset 

Callithrix jacchus 

Rhesus monkey

Macaca mulatta

Cynomolgus monkey

Macaca fascicularis

Cattle/cow: Bos taurus 

Sheep: Ovis aries

Goat: Capri hircus 

Swine/pig: Sus scrofa

Horse: Equus caballus 

frog & toad

Xenophus

Rana