Establishment and Operationalization of a Low-Budget Plastination Laboratory in the Veterinary Morphology Section of the Federal University of Viçosa, Minas Gerais - Brazil

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“…Cost is a severe factor as well, with the same smaller market driving prices higher than human anatomy educational alternatives, whether it be for models/simulators or for software, which may require additional expensive hardware. Cadaver based alternatives show promise, and more cost-effective methods of creating plastinated specimens are being established (Zerlotini, 2020), but plastination is still highly labor intensive, requires specialized equipment and facilities, and ultimately still relies on acquiring the initial cadaver for processing, as does plasticine modeling that relies on osteology to create a 3D framework. Impact must also be weighed for any educational alternative chosen, including how long the material can be utilized and the number of students that can utilize it at one time.…”

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AAVMC Use of Animals in Veterinary Education Handbook

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In 2021, the American Association of Veterinary Medical College’s (AAVMC) Board of Directors established a Task Force to develop Guidelines on the Use of Animals in Veterinary Education. The Task Force consisted of representatives from nine AAVMC member schools from four countries across three continents. The Guidelines, published online in October 2022, offered recommendations for schools on how to improve their animal use policies, use of animal alternatives, and transparency.While the Guidelines provided overarching principles and broad recommendations, the next step was to write a handbook to accompany the Guidelines, elaborating on how institutions could implement the Guideline’s recommendations, enabling them to support and promote humane and ethical animal use, guided by the 4 Rs: replacement, reduction, refinement, and respect. The editors worked with internationally recognized co-authors to create the Handbook. The Handbook’s 11 chapters align with the recommendations made in the Guidelines. Authors describe and share best practices for acquisition and use of cadavers; use and management of live animals including small, large, and exotic and zoological species; and highlight where alternatives can be deployed in meeting educational outcomes.The Guidelines and the AAVMC Handbook on the Use of Animals in Veterinary Education allow educators worldwide to review and, where appropriate, adjust their veterinary programs’ approaches and policies. The Guidelines and Handbook should be interpreted as guiding principles and are not meant to be prescriptive. Individual institutions are encouraged to consider their own unique institutional, national and regional circumstances.

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Adaptation and transformation of existing space into a plastination laboratory: Experience at the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

2022

J. Plast.

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For centuries tissue conservation has been sought. Now alternative techniques that minimize the risk of toxicity have emerged. Plastination, developed by Prof. Gunther von Hagens in 1977 is such. The principle of this technique is replacement of the ﬂuid and lipid present in biological tissues by polymers, obtaining odorless, dry, durable and non-toxic specimens. Given these widely recognized benefits, it is an alternative already used by more than 300 scientific-educational institutions around the world. However, the technique requires a laboratory that meets certain structural characteristics, related to biosafety. Construction and start-up involve significant costs. The main objective of this work is to report our experience at Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), where a pre-existing space was modified to transform it into a plastination lab, with substantially lower costs than designing and building from scratch would have required.

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Silicone Plastination of Biological Tissue: Cold-temperature Technique Additional Products

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Establishment and Operationalization of a Low-Budget Plastination Laboratory in the Veterinary Morphology Section of the Federal University of Viçosa, Minas Gerais - Brazil

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

AAVMC Use of Animals in Veterinary Education Handbook

AAVMC Use of Animals in Veterinary Education Handbook

Adaptation and transformation of existing space into a plastination laboratory: Experience at the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Silicone Plastination of Biological Tissue: Cold-temperature Technique Additional Products

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