临床研究和实验室研究是医学科学的两个基本途径,它们均离不开使用实验动物。因此,选择实验动物是医学科学研究工作中一个重要环节。选择时,首先应根据实验目的和要求而定,其次再考虑是否容易获得、是否经济、是否容易饲养管理等情况。一般必须注意三点,即种类,品种或品系质量和健康状态,还要注意下列几个方面: Clinical research and laboratory research are two basic approaches to medical science, all of which are inseparable from the use of experimental animals. Therefore, the choice of laboratory animals is an important part of medical research. Choice, the first should be based on experimental purposes and requirements, and then consider whether it is easy to obtain, whether the economy, is easy to raise management and so on. Generally must pay attention to three points, namely, the type, breed or strain quality and health status, but also pay attention to the following aspects: