Ethical issues on using invertebrates in environmental and biomedical practices – a case study on living fossil horseshoe crab

• Main Authors: John, Akbar, Sheikh Mohamed, Hassan Ibrahim, Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam, Hashi, Abdurezak Abdulahi, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Razali, Ailin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/68943/1/68943_Ethical%20issues%20on%20using%20invertebrates.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68943/7/68943_Ethical%20issues%20on%20using%20invertebrates%20in%20environmental%20and%20biomedical%20practices_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68943/; http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_17_special_issue_2/ISSUES-2-281.pdf

Increasing utilization of living animals in ecological and biomedical research has drawn serious concerns in terms of animal welfare and ethical practices in animal handling. Significant attention has been given to animals of higher taxonomical hierarchy especially vertebrates such as fishes, rode...