Abstract
Practical training is essential for learning and mastering various medical approaches, being a differential for quality professional training. As a result, over the years, cadavers and live animals have been used for such execution, and these options are ethically questionable in several areas. Currently, there are emerging techniques that seek to offer an alternative to the use of animals in education in an economically viable and skillful way. Using computed tomography images, free software for tissue segmentation, polygon mesh editing and a 3D FDM printer with PLA filament to create biomodels that are biosafety, rigid to support orthopedic training, recyclable and biodegradable. With these tools it was possible to set up a virtual and physical database of canine and feline skeletal anatomy with direct application in academic teaching in veterinary medicine.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethical Approval
Not applicable
Data Availability
The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].
Funding
This work did not receive any external funding.
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