<p>Obviously, a majority of bio research does involve animal research in some way or another. Personally, I work with frog embryos. Consequently, it will necessarily come up in classes, no matter where she goes.</p>
<p>However, whether or not she personally comes in contact with it is completely up to her. The only place I have encountered live animals in college is in my lab, which I knew used them before hand. Although I personally recommend getting in some lab time just to see what it is about (I did not expect to do any, but was ahead of schedule and it has completely changed my perspective), many decide not to do any outside labwork at all.</p>
<p>If your D does decide to try out a lab, there are many which do not use live animals. Many use what are called cell lines, which involve a specific cell type which is placed under controlled growth. These may include bone cell lines, skin cell lines, lung cell lines, etc. Other labs may work completely in vitro (test tube), though to find one which does this exclusively may be difficult. Also, in science, there is a lot of interdepartmental work. I know some biology majors who want to write a senior thesis who choose to work with a researcher in the psychology department who just work with surveys or the anthropology department looking at environmental factors and behavior. At a research U, just about every professor will be doing research of some kind or another, and often it can fit in many departments.</p>