Messmer K
Abteilung für Experimentelle Chirurgie, Universität Heidelberg.
Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl II Verh Dtsch Ges Chir. 1990:1243-9.
Animal experiments in biomedical research are ethically indispensable to minimize risks and to objectify superiority of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Innovative models allow understanding of complex systems and to formulate new hypotheses, however due to inherent limits cannot replace animal research. The high degree of complexity required for surgical experiments can often be achieved in small animals and allows to save domestic animals. Further expansion of biomedical research will not be associated with a greater number of animal studies.
在生物医学研究中，动物实验在伦理上是必不可少的，以尽量减少风险并客观地确定诊断和治疗程序的优越性。创新模型有助于理解复杂系统并提出新的假设，然而，由于其固有的局限性，无法取代动物研究。外科实验所需的高度复杂性通常可以在小型动物身上实现，从而可以节省家畜。生物医学研究的进一步扩展不会伴随着更多的动物研究。
