A Dog Simulator Alternative for Educatuin and Training

开发用于研究、测试、教育和培训的动物替代品是实验动物科学和临床兽医科学中最重要的活动之一。虽然动物实验和检测的替代方案的开发很活跃，但用于动物处理和兽医临床培训的模拟器的开发相对较少。此前，我们已经开发了一系列动物模拟器，以教育初学者如何处理老鼠和兔子等实验动物。现在，我们开发了狗模拟器来教育和培训研究实验室的初学者和兽医学校的初级学生。硅胶铸件取自雌性比格犬的身体，包括技能、下颌、喉咽、畸胎、食道和胃。包括硅胶在内的各种材料被用来模拟这些器官，以及皮肤和静脉。随着老鼠和兔子模拟器的成功，狗的模拟器已经生产出来，并且已经基本完成。为了测试价值，从未经历过动物处理的兽医学校的学生被分成两组，一组在活狗上练习，另一组在模拟器上练习，以比较血液采集技术的进步程度。在长达一小时的狗模拟器练习中，两组几乎所有的学生(93%)都能够进行血液采样(一次穿孔在5分钟内采集1毫升血液)，而不会给狗带来疼痛。结果似乎相当于两组(模拟犬和活体犬)的采血训练。

The development of alternatives to animals for research, testing, education and training is one of most important activities in laboratory animal science and clinical veterinary science. Although the development of alternatives to animal experimentation and testing is active, the development of a simulator for animal handling and veterinary clinical training is relative inactive.Previously, we had developed a series of animal simulator to educate beginners who are going to handles laboratory animals such as rat and rabbit. Now, we developed dog simulator to educate and train both the beginners in research laboratories and the junior course students of veterinary schools.The silicone cast of skill, mandible, laryngo-pharnyx, terachea, esophagus and stomach were taken from a female Beagle dog carcass. Various materials including silicone were used to imitate these organs, as well as the skin and veins. Following the success of rat and rabbit simulators, a dog simulator has been produced and is most almost completed.To test the value students of veterinary schools who had never experienced animal handling were divided into two groups, with one set to practice on live dogs and other on simulators, so that the degree of progress in the blood sampling techniques may be compared.Practicing with dog simulators for up to one hour, almost all the students (93%) of both groups have become able to perform blood sampling (collecting 1 ml blood by one puncture within 5 minutes) without giving the dog pain. The results seemed to be equal to two groups (dog simulator and live dog) for blood collection training.