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New Rutgers Prof Suspended Over Animal Abuse Allegations
From Dan Alexander, NJ1015.com, September 23, 2024
A newly hired Rutgers professor has been placed on paid leave after
receiving a letter from an animal rights group that said he was barred from
performing animal research for a year because he violated federal
regulations.
Xiaobing Zhang is listed on the university website as an associate professor
in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience at Rutgers New
Jersey Medical School in Newark.
The group Stop Animal Exploitation Now, in a detailed letter to Rutgers,
said Florida State University advised the Office of Laboratory Animal
Welfare in March that Zhang did not provide a painkiller to mice after an
operation. Zhang also instructed lab personnel to falsely report the
post-operative analgesia had been administered.
Members of the committee who attended an emergency meeting a few days
later voted unanimously to suspend Zhang, according to the letter. The full
committee voted later to suspend his animal use privileges.
Animals denied pain relief
The group in a summary of Zhang's violations said over 1,500 animals were
denied proper pain relief.
"Animals were not always checked for anesthesia before decapitation. Proper
surgical procedures, including sterilization of instruments, were not
followed. Non-sterile needles were used for multiple injections," according
to SAEN in its letter which also included backing documentation.
In a statement to NJ.com Rutgers spokeswoman Megan Schumann said Zhang
officially began on Sept. 3 and had not conducted any animal related
research at the school. The allegations were "under review."
"Rutgers policies state all researchers must fully comply with all
requirements of the Animal Welfare Act, Public Health Service Policy on
Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and in accordance with the Guide
for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The university is committed to
ensuring researchers are and remain in compliance," Schumann said in a
statement.
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