Laboratory & Operations Management, Centre for Transplant & Renal Research and Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia.
Lab Anim (NY). 2011 Sep 21;40(10):319-22. doi: 10.1038/laban1011-319.
Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the most common preventable cause of death for soldiers wounded in combat. In live-tissue trauma training (LTTT), animals (mostly goats and pigs) are used to train physicians and paramedical personnel in how to treat severe traumatic injuries, including severe blood loss. Military personnel insist that such realistic training is necessary and has to date saved countless lives of soldiers. Animal rights groups, however, argue that the practice is inhumane and should be replaced with alternative methods. In this essay, the author explains how and why animals are used for LTTT and in military medical research (MMR), as well as why he feels that the continued use of animals for LTTT and MMR is justified. The author hopes to encourage wider discussion of this topic within the scientific, defense and animal welfare circles, leading to further refinements in the welfare and protection of animals used for these important, though often controversial, purposes.
失控性出血是战斗中受伤士兵最常见的可预防致死原因。在活体组织创伤训练（LTTT）中，使用动物（主要是山羊和猪）来培训医生和辅助医务人员如何治疗严重创伤，包括严重失血。军事人员坚持认为这种现实训练是必要的，迄今为止已挽救了无数士兵的生命。然而，动物权利组织认为这种做法不人道，应该用替代方法取代。在这篇文章中，作者解释了为什么以及如何在 LTTT 和军事医学研究（MMR）中使用动物，以及他为何认为继续将动物用于 LTTT 和 MMR 是合理的。作者希望鼓励科学界、国防界和动物福利界更广泛地讨论这个话题，从而进一步完善用于这些重要但往往有争议的目的的动物的福利和保护。
