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AAAS symposium-Veterinary Ethics: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities

August 1, 2006

The symposium Veterinary Ethics: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities, convened at the 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in February, considered the diverse ethical concerns that arise from the competing and potentially conflicting interests that vie for the veterinarian's attention.

When veterinarians take the Veterinarian's Oath, they pledge to use their scientific knowledge and skills "for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health, the relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health and the advancement of medical knowledge." Yet today, with the issues of animal welfare and animal rights looming large in societal consciousness, veterinarians in all segments of the profession must confront ethical hurdles as they navigate between their duties to animals, the animals' owners, and society at large.

The symposium Veterinary Ethics: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities, convened at the 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in February,considered the diverse ethical concerns that arise from the competing and potentially conflicting interests that vie for the veterinarian's attention. The symposium explored a range of issues from the effect of the animal rights movement on veterinary practice to the potential conflict between the welfare of the individual animal and the welfare of the herd—and these issues' implications for human health. Offering U.S. and international perspectives, the diverse group of symposium participants, with backgrounds in small-, farm-, laboratory-, and zoo-animal medicine, addressed these ethical concerns. Following are summaries of their presentations.

Lida Anestidou

Stephanie Bird

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Lida Anestidou, DVM, PhD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

319 Oxford House

Nashville, TN 37232-4350

Stephanie Bird, PhD

Science and Engineering Ethics

P.O. Box 2007

Wrentham, MA 02093

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