BIOTECHNOLOGY, ANIMAL-WELFARE AND ETHICS - REMARKS ON A CONFERENCE

This paper summarizes main lines and conclusions drawn at the OECD wor kshop on ''Biotechnology and Animal Welfare'' (November 1992), where b iotechnologists, biologists involved in animal welfare and ethicists m et and discussed with each other. It became clear that biotechnology w ill only have a qualified future if all parties 1) inform each other i n good time, 2) accept that animals have instrumental and intrinsic va lue, 3) promote the integration of disciplines that conflict at the le vel of the organism or at the level of animal production interests ver sus society interests.