Halt in air transport for lab animals puts research at risk due: Scientists

A complete halt in the air transport of laboratory animals within India has emerged as a major roadblock for scientific research, causing delays, financial losses and severe stress to transported animals.

- USHA PERI @ Visakhapatnam

In a conversation with TNIE, Dr Vijay Pal Singh, President of the Laboratory Animal Scientists Association (LASA) and senior scientist at CSIR-IGIB, New Delhi, and Dr RK Shakthi Devan, LASA Secretary and Senior Lead Scientist, Head - Veterinary Science Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Center, said the discontinuation of live-animal cargo services has forced research institutions to depend entirely on road transport, an option that is n