Principle of Animal Study

Animal studies are a recently recognized field in which animals are studied in a variety of crossdisciplinary
ways. In essence, it seeks to understand how humans study and conceive of other-thanhuman
animals, and how these conceptions have changed over time, across cultures, and across
different ways of thinking. The growth of human-animal studies (HAS) over the past twenty years can
be seen in the explosion of new books, journals, conferences, organizations, college programs, list
serves, and courses, both in the United States and throughout India, Europe, Australia, New Zealand,
and Canada. Animals are widely used in different area of research to explore normal and abnormal
biological mechanisms or activity of nervous system and other function, to identify the genetic basis of
disease states, and to provide models of human disorders and diseases for the development of new
treatments. Numerous laws, policies, and regulations are in place governing the use of animals in
research.