Abstract
Reporting Animal Studies: Good Science and a Duty of Care
Highlights
Estimates of the number of non-human animals used in research vary between 10 million and 50 million [1,2]
Is this enough? Not according to a survey [3] of the editorial policies of 288 English-speaking peer-reviewed science journals conducted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), a UK-based animal welfare organisation
PLoS journals fare better than most, ; the RSPCA report showed that 50% of the journals responding to their survey (125/236) had either no editorial policy or no meaningful policy relating to animal use in the research they published
Summary
Estimates of the number of non-human animals used in research vary between 10 million and 50 million [1,2]. In accordance with the recommendations of the Weatherall report, ‘‘The use of non-human primates in research,’’ we require authors to include details of animal welfare and steps taken to ameliorate suffering in all work involving non-human primates.’’
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