Technology and animals

Technology can help various jobs and industries, and the animal sector is no exception. 

As technology develops, the need for animals in the scientific research will decrease, meaning that fewer animals will be used.

Animals have aided in many health discoveries that would otherwise not exist.  Below is a health timeline listing the medical advances that used animals to help, (Watson, 2009).




Health timeline.  Descoveries that used animals.

Testing new drugs on animals is still a requirement, although with the use of technology such as virtual computer models fewer animals will be used during the whole process.  New technology is making drug testing faster, cheaper and more accurate. 
Below is a video that explains how animal testing could be a thing of the past thanks to technology.

Geraldine Hamilton: Body parts on a chip

References
Understanding animal research. 'Health Timeline' 2014.
http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/why/health-timeline/ [Accessed: 5th November 2014]

Youtube.  Body parts on a chip. 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpkXmtJOH84 [Accessed: 5th November 2014]

Watson, S. Animal Testing: Issues and Ethics.(2009). New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.