Article ID: CBB661318783

Exploring the Role of Animal Technologists in Implementing the 3Rs: An Ethnographic Investigation of the UK University Sector (July 2018)

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Greenhough, Beth (Author)
Roe, Emma (Author)


Science, Technology and Human Values
Volume: 43
Issue: 4
Pages: 694-722


Publication Date: July 2018
Edition Details: Special Issue: Science, Culture, and Care in Laboratory Animal Research
Language: English

The biomedical industry relies on the skills of animal technologists (ATs) to put laboratory animal welfare into practice. This is the first study to explore how this is achieved in relation to their participation in implementing refinement and reduction, two of the three key guiding ethical principles––the “3Rs”––of what is deemed to be humane animal experimentation. The interpretative approach contributes to emerging work within the social sciences and humanities exploring care and ethics in practice. Based on qualitative analysis of participant observation within animal research facilities in UK universities, in-depth interviews with ATs, facility managers, and other stakeholders, and analysis of regulatory guidelines, we draw a contrast between the minimum required of ATs by law and how their care work not only meets but often exceeds these requirements. We outline how ATs constitute a key source of innovation and insight into the refinement of animal care and the reduction of animal use, hitherto not formally acknowledged. Exploring AT care work as an example of ethics in practice makes an original contribution to broader debates within health care and animal welfare about how technology, regulation, and behavior can foster and sustain a “culture of care”.

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Article Gail Davies; Beth Greenhough; Pru Hobson-West; Robert G. W. Kirk (July 2018) Science, Culture, and Care in Laboratory Animal Research: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the History and Future of the 3Rs. Science, Technology and Human Values (pp. 603-621). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Henry, Emmanuel
Prudham, Scott
Rijcke, Sarah de
Kris Hartley
Barnett, Allain J.
Moats, David
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Power (social sciences)
Governance
Science and politics
Expertise
Environment
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
Places
United States
Hong Kong
Sweden
China
Canada
Institutions
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
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