Scientific Papers - 2004

Where available, links to the author abstract and full paper are given. Comment by Compassion in World Farming on selected research papers is given in grey.

2004

Baumans, V. (2004)
Use of animals in experimental research: an ethical dilemma?
Gene Therapy, 11: S64-S66.
Open-access article

Keywords: Animal experiments; ethics; animal use.

Braithwaite, V. and Huntingford, F. (2004)
Fish and welfare: Do fish have the capacity for pain perception and suffering?
Animal Welfare, 13(1): 87-92.

Keywords: Teleost fish; pain perception; suffering; welfare.

Chandroo, K., Duncan, I. and Moccia, R. (2004)
Can fish suffer? Perspectives on sentience, pain, fear and stress.
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 86: 225-250.

Keywords: Animal welfare; aquaculture; fish; sentience; pain; fear; stress; suffering.

Dulawa, S. et al. (2004)
Effects of chronic fluoxetine in animal models of anxiety and depression.
Neuropsychopharmacology, 29 (7): 1321-1330.

Keywords: Animal anxiety and depression; fluoxetine.

Emery, N. and Clayton, N. (2004)
The mentality of crows: Convergent evolution of intelligence in corvids and apes.
Science, 306: 1903-1907.

Keywords: Crows; intelligence; apes.

Griffin, D. and Speck, G. (2004)
New evidence of animal consciousness. Review.
Animal Cognition, 7 (1): 5-18.

Keywords: Consciousness; versatile behaviour; awareness.

PCRM (2004)
Position Paper on Animal Research. June 2004.
Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine. 1-5. (accessed 02/02/09)

Sneddon, L. (2004)
Evolution of nociception in vertebrates: comparative analysis of lower vertebrates.
Brain Res Rev, 46 (2): 123-130.

Keywords: Nociceptors; fish; C fibres; pain.

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Compassion in World Farming is opposed to any animal experimentation that causes pain or suffering to animals. However, where such experiments increase our understanding of animal sentience, we will report them in the long term interest of all animals.

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