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- Title
HUMANE INNOVATIONS IN VETERINARY ANATOMY EDUCATION IN INDIA.
- Authors
Puppala, Kishore; Tomar, Mahendra; Kantepudi, Archana; Nuthalapaty, Raju; Dangeti, Durga Prasad; Panniru, Anusha
- Abstract
Animal usage plays a central role in Veterinary Science where millions of animals are used to train students. Teaching Veterinary Anatomy involves sacrificing live animals and embalming them for dissection. It is a highly controversial issue unique to modern science though it lead to many scientific breakthroughs. A major ethical controversy in this regard is that it mostly involves pain, suffering and discomfort. Compassion and respect for animals have to be an integral part of veterinary education. Animal welfare encompasses both the physical and psychological states of the animal. Humane Education was a long felt valued need, and teaching objectives need to be met using non-animal alternatives. This study proposes to phase out sacrifice of animals for teaching, set up an ethically sourced cadaver-donation programme, develop humane embalming techniques, prepare humane non-animal alternatives and digitalize laboratories to improve teaching-learning skills. Willed-Body Programme as an alternative to healthy animal sacrifice with dissections on ethically sourced donated cadavers was established. Alternate modes for dissection and humane experimental embalming techniques were conducted on ethically sourced cadavers using different embalming fluids. Cadaver storage in hazardous formalin was minimized by using freezers. Innovative teakwood non-animal educational models and video learning resources were prepared. Digitalized gross anatomy & histology laboratories were established using HDMI technology. An anatomy youtube channel was launched. A national workshop as an outreach programme was organized and feedback was obtained. Our studies showed that learning outcomes generated through humane alternatives were as effective as those achieved through traditional methods.
- Subjects
INDIA; VETERINARY anatomy; GOOGLE Inc.; VETERINARY medicine education; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; ANIMAL sacrifice; VETERINARY medicine
- Publication
Veterinaria, 2021, Vol 70, p33
- ISSN
0372-6827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51607/22331360.2021.70.S1.33