Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University Bishkek
Faculty of Medicine - Courses on Physiology and Pathophysiology
In May 2012, we co-sponsored a lecture and presentation tour through Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Our project partner Dimitrij Leporskij and Nick Jukes, coordinator of the international network InterNICHE, traveled for five weeks through the two Central Asian countries, presenting animal-free teaching materials at eight universities in four cities.
At the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Faculty of Medicine, in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, Professor Anes Zarifjan signed the agreement for the physiology and pathophysiology courses in June 2013. 856 frogs, 138 rabbits, 420 rats, 39 guinea pigs, and 10 dogs are now spared a painful death each year. Frogs were previously decapitated to demonstrate organ function using their nerves, muscles, and hearts. The pathophysiological experiments included a wide range of extreme cruelty. Live rats were subjected to electric current, rats were exposed to overheating and hypothermia, in rabbits cancer, hypoglycemic coma, and hemorrhagic shock were induced, in rats the effects of fever, inflammation, and oxygen deprivation were studied, and high and low blood pressure were induced in dogs.
The materials—software and films—were sent to the department by mail.
Presentation of animal-free teaching materials at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in 2012.