behavioral testing began in the late 19th century. Currently, rodents are commonly used in animal testing for physiological, pathological and behavioral scientific...

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test (OFT) is an experimental test used to assay general locomotor activity levels, anxiety, and willingness to explore in animals (usually rodents)...

Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of cosmetic products for use by humans....

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals, such as model organisms,...

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invertebrates include studies on social behavior. Animal testing on non-human primates Animal testing on rodents Testing cosmetics on animals Pain in invertebrates...

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suffering of each animal subject.[citation needed] Animals in space Animal testing Animal testing on invertebrates Animal testing on rodents Cellular model...

the second test has been interpreted as a behavioural correlate of negative mood, representing a kind of hopelessness in the animal. Rodents given antidepressants...

only anxiety symptoms could be induced. Only male rodents can be used for this model, since female rodents do not fight each other in a resident–intruder...

The tail suspension test (TST) is an experimental method used in scientific research to measure stress in rodents. It is based on the observation that...

refinement, reduction) and animal welfare when conducting animal testing on non-human primates. A 2013 amendment to the German Animal Welfare Act, with special...

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as the potential complications related to using an uncommon experimental animal as a surrogate. Colossal Biosciences De-extinction Revival of the woolly...

Before immunological pregnancy tests were developed in the 1960s, women relied on urine-based pregnancy tests using animals, ranging from mice to frogs....

Animal testing on rodents "SCID in Arabian Horses" Parkinson, Mary Jane. "SCID: An Update." from Arabian Horse World, March, 1998 ""The New DNA Test for...

it or disrupting it with an artificial piece of DNA. They are important animal models for studying the role of genes which have been sequenced but whose...

and humans share all but approximately 1% of each other's genes making rodents good model organisms for studying human gene function. Both mice and rats...

Frogs have been used in animal tests throughout the history of biomedical science. Eighteenth-century biologist Luigi Galvani discovered the link between...

Alternatives to animal testing are the development and implementation of test methods that avoid the use of live animals. There is widespread agreement...

end to testing cosmetics on animals. That year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced a policy proposal to recognize non-animal test results...

disorder. However symptoms of anxiety can be inferred from animal behavior. When rodents are put in a cage with marbles they will bury the marbles. This...

cranial anatomy of rodents these feeding methods cannot be used at the same time and are considered to be mutually exclusive. Among rodents, the masseter muscle...

trials (testing in humans) and during which important feasibility, iterative testing and drug safety data are collected, typically in laboratory animals. The...

Prevention, providing tips for sealing the home to keep rodents out, using traps to eliminate existing rodents, and maintaining a clean, healthy home. New technology...

rats and mice used in animal research is estimated at 20 million a year, or 95% of the total number of lab animals. Other rodents commonly used are guinea...

employed as a two-way active avoidance test with rodents. The test assesses the conditioned ability of an animal to avoid an unpleasant stimulus. Drugs...

SPEAK (formerly known as SPEAK campaign) is a British animal rights group working to end animal testing in the UK. In the early 2000s, SPEAC (Stop Primate...

is low enough not to injure the animal, but high enough to induce avoidance of fall. Rodents naturally try to stay on the rotating cylinder, or rotarod...