Campbell M L H
Department of Production and Population Health The Royal Veterinary College North Mymms Herts UK.
Equine Vet Educ. 2018 May;30(5):268-273. doi: 10.1111/eve.12566. Epub 2016 Mar 7.
This paper assesses whether cloning horses is ethical by reviewing ethical arguments against cloning of nonequine species and determining whether they apply to horses, analysing ethical arguments about horse cloning which do not apply to noncompetitive species and considering the ethical dilemmas faced by veterinarians involved in horse cloning. The author concludes that concerns about the health and welfare of cloned horses render the technique ethically problematic and that the onus is on those providing commercial equine cloning services to collate data and provide a stronger evidence base for ethical decision-making.
本文通过回顾反对克隆非马属物种的伦理观点并确定它们是否适用于马匹，分析关于马克隆但不适用于非竞技物种的伦理观点，以及考虑参与马克隆的兽医所面临的伦理困境，来评估克隆马是否符合伦理。作者得出结论，对克隆马健康和福利的担忧使这项技术在伦理上存在问题，提供商业马克隆服务的机构有责任整理数据，并为伦理决策提供更有力的证据基础。
