Transferability of animal test results to humans

7. Animal experiments benefit veterinary medicine too

Dogs, cats and rodents are no strangers to cataracts, all species of animal can develop cancer in various organs, and epilepsy is found in dogs, cats and rabbits. These are just a few of the diseases that people share with animals. Virtually every human disease exists in the same or a similar form in animals and is treated in essentially the same way. There are several areas of common ground between human and veterinary medicine. Many veterinary medicines contain the same API as their human counterpart. Thus, animal experiments also benefit other animals.

Animal experiments and COVID-19 vaccines
Animal experiments played a key role in enabling researchers to understand SARS-CoV-2 itself, the mechanisms by which it is transmitted and the safety and efficiency of the vaccines that have been produced to date, thus bringing us one step closer to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.