Pain research in animals raises distinctive and sometimes difficult ethical issues for institutional animal care and use committees (IACUCs), attending veterinarians, and investigators. In this paper, I explore and defend a number of widely accepted ethical principles regarding animal pain. I develop from these principles guidelines for use by IACUCs in assessing the humaneness of pain research in animals. Relevant ethical standards in current US laws and regulations and in policy statements of professional research associations are also examined.
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