Some procedures commonly conducted include Skin Sensitization, Skin and Eye Irritation, Acute Toxicity, Long-term Toxicity and Reproductive and Developmental Effects.

 

In most laboratory tests, killing and dissecting the animal is part of the process. However, even when the animals survive testing, they’re of no further use to the researchers, so they’re routinely killed as soon as the test is complete. They either asphyxiate the animals, break their necks, or cut off their heads – generally without providing any kind of pain relief.