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2023 PRIM&R Annual Conference

Emerging Research Challenges and Breaking Issues

[IN-PERSON/LIVESTREAMED] Plenary Session: Ethical Research With Animal "Pests"

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
10:15 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Location: Ballroom C
Livestreaming Session Icon IACUC/Animal Care and Use Thought Leader Series CPIA Accredited
This plenary session will be held in-person, livestreamed for the Virtual Meeting, and recorded for on-demand access by attendees registered for PRIMR23 on this day.

IACUCs are tasked with looking after the welfare of vertebrate animals used in research, but do our responsibilities change when the animals are invasive species in field research? How is our understanding of our responsibility to animals shaped by our understanding of where they "belong"? And how did researchers leverage the status of the mouse as a "pest" to create a new niche for mice in our biomedical research enterprise?

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore the cultural factors that shape which animals we regard as pests and which animals we view as worthy of protection.
  • Examine the case of the mouse as an animal whose "pest" status made it an animal whose use in biomedical research was acceptable to the broader public.
  • Consider situations in field research where an IACUC's understanding of how to ensure animal welfare may be challenged by the presence of vertebrate animals that are invasive species.