Laboratoriesproduces.InjournalslikeLabAnimal,animals
areadvertisedasiftheywerecars.Beneathaphotographof
twoguineapigs,onenormalandonecompletelyhairless,the
advertising copy says:
Whenitcomestoguineapigs,nowyouhaveachoice.You
canoptforourstandardmodelthatcomescompletewithhair.
Ortryournew 1988 strippeddown,hairlessmodelforspeed
and efficiency.
Oureuthymic,hairlessguineapigsaretheproductofyearsof
breeding.Theycanbeusedfordermatologicstudiesforhair
producing agents. Skin sensitization. Transdermal therapy.
Ultraviolet studies. And more.
Anadvertisement forCharlesRiverinEndocrinology (June
1985) asked:
“You want to see our operation?”
When it comes to operations, we give you just what the
doctor ordered. Hypophysectomies, adrenalectomies,
castrations, thymectomies, ovariectomies and
thyroidectomies. We perform thousands of
“endocrinectomies”everymonthonrats,mice orhamsters.
Plusadditionalspecialsurgery(spleenectomy,nephrectomy,
cecetomy) on request.... For surgically altered research
animalstofityourveryspecificresearchanimalsneeds,call
[phone number]. Our operators are available almost any time.
In addition to the animals themselves, animal experiments
havecreatedamarketfor specializedequipment.Nature,a
leading British scientific journal, carries a section called