title: Swine as replacements for dogs in the surgical teaching and research laboratory.
abstract: Commercially produced swine were successfully used to replace dogs in several surgical research projects at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. They were especially successful as replacements for dogs in the basic operative surgery course offered as an elective to medical students. Advantages of swine over dogs included anatomic and physiologic characteristics shared with man, better health, and economic considerations.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000601:surgery; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs / Q000601:surgery*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research; D013552:Swine / Q000601:surgery*