Comparative Medicine

Description of the field

Comparative medicine includes experimental medicine using animal models for translational and biomedical research to advance biological and medical knowledge. The aim is to better understand and treat or prevent human and animal diseases. Laboratory animal medicine includes the knowledge of common animal species and models in research, the animals’ biology, care, handling, diseases, anaesthesia, pain relief, experimental techniques, genetics and ethical considerations in their use and the legislation regulating it.

Current research

• Anaesthesia and euthanasia of rodents
• Anaesthesia of wild animals
• Material development in orthopaedics using rabbit and pig as models
• Measurement of intestinal transit pace in rabbits
• New zoonotic infectious diseases
• Organ transplantation using pig as model
• Stress-free blood sampling of pigs

Research is conducted in collaboration with Uppsala University, the biotech industry, SVA, the Swedish Public Health Agency (in Swedish: Folkhälsomyndigheten) and international non-profit organizations.