Corte Giuliano M, Humpenöder Melanie, Pfützner Marcel, Merle Roswitha, Wiegard Mechthild, Hohlbaum Katharina, Richardson Ken, Thöne-Reineke Christa, Plendl Johanna
Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Institute of Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
Animals (Basel). 2021 Dec 1;11(12):3432. doi: 10.3390/ani11123432.
According to the European Directive 63/2010/EU, education and training involving living rats and mice are classified as an animal experiment and demands the implementation of the 3Rs. Therefore, as a method of refinement, rat and mouse simulators were developed to serve as an initial training device for various techniques, prior to working on living animals. Nevertheless, little is known about the implementation, anatomical correctness, learning efficiency and practical suitability of these simulators. With this in mind, a collaborative research project called "SimulRATor" was initiated to systematically evaluate the existing rat and mouse simulators in a multi-perspective approach. The objective of the study presented here was to identify the anatomical strengths and weaknesses of the available rat and mouse simulators and to determine anatomical requirements for a new anatomically correct rat simulator, specifically adapted to the needs of Laboratory Animal Science (LAS) training courses. Consequently, experts of Veterinary Anatomy and LAS evaluated the anatomy of all currently available rat and mouse simulators. The evaluation showed that compared to the anatomy of living rats and mice, the tails were perceived as the most anatomically realistic body part, followed by the general exterior and the limbs. The heads were rated as the least favored body part.
根据欧洲指令63/2010/EU,涉及活体大鼠和小鼠的教育与培训被归类为动物实验,并要求实施3R原则。因此,作为一种优化方法,大鼠和小鼠模拟器被开发出来,作为在对活体动物进行操作之前,用于各种技术初步培训的设备。然而,对于这些模拟器的实施情况、解剖学正确性、学习效率和实际适用性,人们了解甚少。考虑到这一点,一个名为“SimulRATor”的合作研究项目启动了,旨在从多视角系统评估现有的大鼠和小鼠模拟器。本文所述研究的目的是确定现有大鼠和小鼠模拟器在解剖学上的优缺点,并确定一种专门适应实验动物科学(LAS)培训课程需求的、解剖学正确的新型大鼠模拟器的解剖学要求。因此,兽医解剖学和LAS领域的专家对所有现有的大鼠和小鼠模拟器的解剖结构进行了评估。评估结果表明,与活体大鼠和小鼠的解剖结构相比,尾巴被认为是解剖学上最逼真的身体部位,其次是整体外观和四肢。头部被评为最不受青睐的身体部位。