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Alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing, and education. The alternatives may include reduction in the number of animals used, replacement of animals with a non-animal model or with animals of a species lower phylogenetically, or refinement of methods to minimize pain and distress of animals used.
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- Animal Research Alternatives
- Alternative, Animal Research
- Alternative, Animal Use
- Alternatives, Animal Research
- Alternatives, Animal Use
- Animal Research Alternative
- Animal Use Alternative
- Research Alternative, Animal
- Research Alternatives, Animal
- Use Alternative, Animal
- Use Alternatives, Animal
- Animal Testing Reduction, Refinement and Replacement
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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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2001
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- Animal Testing Alternatives (1985-2000)
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W 20.55.A5
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Animal Use Alternatives. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D023401. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D023401
- Animal Use Alternatives. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73216874