, June 24 -- A museum in northeastern China has released new details about human experiments allegedly carried out by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, including cases in which animal blood was transfused into prisoners.

According to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crimes Committed by Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army in Harbin, historical records show that Japanese military doctors conducted experiments on 23 prisoners of war in 1938 using blood taken from horses, sheep, dogs, rabbits and chickens.

Researchers at the museum said the information comes from a report written by Japanese military surgeon Tsutomu Saito. The report, which examined the use of animal blood transfusions for severe blood loss, was later pu...