Animals and Dissection

Key Questions

• Where do animals used for dissection come from?

  Answer:

  The animals may come from animal breeders, dealers, pounds, shelters etc...

  Explanation:

  They may be bought from these (stated above) by companies from which educators purchase laboratory specimens.

  Example: Cats and dogs, who have been euthanized can also be sold to suppliers.

  Mika · 1 · Nov 12 2015
• What are some examples of animals used for dissection?

  Animals used for dissection vary according to the level of the class which it is used.

  A fetal pig, grass frog, earthworm, grasshopper, crayfish, clam, perch and starfish in grades 5-11. And a cat in grade 12.

  In college: cow eye, cow heart, cow kidney, sheep pluck (heart lungs and trachea), rat (doubly injected), dogfish shark, fetal pig doubly injected (latex colors) and sheep brain.

  In Grad school a human cadaver.

  Frog

  Judy O. · · Aug 13 2014

• What are some examples of animals used for dissection?
• How many animals are used for dissection per year?
• Where do animals used for dissection come from?
• Why are frogs commonly used in laboratory dissections?
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• What are the pros and cons of animal dissections in schools?
• What are the names of some dissection equipment used in biology?
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• What is the purpose of dissecting animals in class?
• What are the positive impacts of dissecting animals?
• How are dissection animals acquired?
• Is there an alternative to dissecting a real animal in the classroom?
• Where do the cats come from in high school cat dissections?
• Are the animals used in dissections, (piglets, cats, frogs, etc) dead before the dissection or are they killed?
• Why do students have to dissect animals in biology?
• Should the dissection of animals in U.S. public schools be stopped? Why or why not?
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