Education program on animal-experiment ethics based on international guidelines

摘要

The Animal Protection Law in Japan was amended in 2005, and included the 3Rs for animal experiments (Reduction of pain, Reduction of the number of animals used, Replacement by lower animals or cells). Furthermore, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) provided "A basic Guideline for Animal Experimentation in Institutes." Under the circumstances, we were faced with the problem of how to teach the 3Rs to students in the graduate and undergraduate schools. It was necessary to show them how to comply with the 3Rs. I report here how we did it.