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Introduction
Experimental research on animals has been guided by principles of the three Rs: reduction, refinement and replacement.1 Recently the fourth R—rehabilitation—has also been incorporated to enhance the welfare of animals that are used in research. With growing scientific curiosity and increasing research, animal use has anything but reduced despite the fact that modern technology has brought to fore many alternatives to animal use.2 ,3 There are many arguments for and against animal use. In India, there has been a proposal to ban the use of animals for training and academic purposes, as reported in two major daily newspapers. This has evoked mixed reactions from the scientific community. We conducted this study to assess the awareness, attitudes and practices regarding the use of animals and their alternatives, in medical training and research amongst medical teachers and students.
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Contributors AAK: topic selection and conceptualisation; substantial contributions to conception and design; revising the article critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the version to be published. KBT: designing the data collection tool, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content; proof reading; final approval of the version to be published. GVB: analysis and interpretation of data; drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content; proof reading; final approval of the version to be published. SBP: revising the article critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the version to be published. BNV: data analysis; final approval of the version to be published. SK: data analysis; final approval of the version to be published.
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Competing interests None.
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Ethics approval Institutional Ethics Committee.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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