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Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare?

Recent evidence suggests that at least some insect species might plausibly feel pain. These findings should prompt researchers to think about the welfare implications of insect experiments.

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Autores principales: Crump, Andrew, Gibbons, Matilda, Barrett, Meghan, Birch, Jonathan, Chittka, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10234516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37262012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002138
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spelling pubmed-102345162023-06-02 Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare? Crump, Andrew Gibbons, Matilda Barrett, Meghan Birch, Jonathan Chittka, Lars PLoS Biol Perspective Recent evidence suggests that at least some insect species might plausibly feel pain. These findings should prompt researchers to think about the welfare implications of insect experiments. Public Library of Science 2023-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10234516/ /pubmed/37262012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002138 Text en © 2023 Crump et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare?
title_sort is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10234516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37262012
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