laboratory animal

collocation in English

meaningsoflaboratoryandanimal

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laboratory
noun[C]
uk
/ləˈbɒr.ə.tər.i/
us
/ˈlæb.rə.tɔːr.i/
a room or building with scientific equipment for doing scientific tests or for teaching science, or a place where chemicals or medicines ...
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animal
adjective
uk
/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/
us
/ˈæn.ɪ.məl/
made or obtained from an animal ...
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(Definition oflaboratoryandanimalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many helminth parasites can be ' adapted ' tolaboratoryanimalspecies which are not their natural hosts.
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The report on refinement has been published in a journal widely read bylaboratoryanimalscientists.
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My eyes were largely focused on private practice with companion animals, notlaboratoryanimalmedicine.
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This letter has had far-reaching effects in the scientific andlaboratoryanimalveterinarian communities.
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Progress towards such an understanding has come fromlaboratoryanimalstudies, at both the quantitative and individual gene level.
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Accumulating evidence from cell culture andlaboratoryanimalexperiments indicates that isoflavones have the potential to prevent or delay atherogenesis.
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To do that there should be a separate, dedicated funding source to develop alternatives tolaboratoryanimalusage.
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The mixture of toxin and antitoxin was adjusted so that thelaboratoryanimalsimply died within four days.
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Such a model in a cost-effectivelaboratoryanimalshould be useful for delineating the specific mechanisms underlying these alterations.
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The major animal welfare achievement has been in "raising the consciousness" of the researchers tolaboratoryanimalissues.
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Since the vast majority of protocols involve rats and mice, the vet should have expertise with these species and other commonlaboratoryanimalspecies.
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The mouse is a usefullaboratoryanimalfor such a purpose because of its short generation interval and low unit running cost.
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Mostlaboratoryanimaluse is directed towards human health or safety.
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Clause 8 is the one requiring the publication of the guide to goodlaboratoryanimalpractice.
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Thelaboratoryanimalwould be subject to that regime in any event.
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Nevertheless, there are scientists in most countries, who, by example and influence, are improving thelaboratoryanimalwelfare.
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It is personally distressing that some of my colleagues inlaboratoryanimalmedicine have incorporated similar phrases into their daily lexicon and have blocked further rational discourse from their minds.
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At the same time, increased knowledge and understanding of neurophysiology and ethology heightened scientific awareness of the significance of humane treatment in the laboratory and professionalizedlaboratoryanimalscience.
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It was issued after extensive consultation within the scientific community, withlaboratoryanimalbreeding organisations, and with organisations concerned with the welfare of animals.
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Even in these cases some of the world's most stringent requirements forlaboratoryanimalwelfare and licensing must be fully complied with.
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What worries me aboutlaboratoryanimalveterinary work is that it is in-house with a small number of vets and medical people.
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However, the rabbit is the most commonly usedlaboratoryanimalfor this purpose.
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The antibody usually comes from a bit of serum taken from an immunizedlaboratoryanimal.
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The toxicity depends on the route of administration and thelaboratoryanimal.
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