Sentences with phrase «animal tests carried»

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It is customary and even ethically mandatory that experimentation that carries with it a substantial degree of risk to human subjects first be tested in an animal laboratory or, at the very least, on a computer model.

The types of tests carried out on animals often involve trialling new medical innovations.

In July 2010, figures published by the Home Office showed that experiments on animals in the UK had fallen by 1 % to just over 3.6 million, with a 10 % decrease in the number of toxicology tests carried out on animals.

These effects endured not only throughout the animals» lives but were carried on to the next generation and along the same gender lines: The offspring of dual - parented pups turned in superior performances on tests of cognitive ability and social skills than mice raised by single parents.

Even as researchers test these findings in animals, Nabel's team is exploring an intriguing possibility: adding the Ebola virus membrane protein to a harmless virus that could then carry therapeutic genes specifically to endothelial cells.

She says that the authors should have tried additional tests such as putting a hay pile in the compound themselves and «seeing if the animal still persisted in carrying hay,» or «putting the hay piles in unfavorable locations for throwing.»

Vassaux's team next plans to test gene therapy carried by nanoparticles on a variety of tumors in animals.

Shaw and her colleagues briefly captured and banded 20 adult birds, which they trained to carry out six different tests to measure various skills thought to be linked to specific types of animal cognition (defined as the ability to acquire, process, and act on information about the environment).

Lips and other experts are also calling for a testing program to sample animals in the wildlife trade that may carry the pathogen, to trace its movement and mitigate its impact.

On arrival, the animal would need a short four - week period away from its owner while blood tests were carried out.

So when virologist Albert Osterhaus of Erasmus University in Rotterdam and his colleagues carried out routine tests in 12 stranded, sick seal pups, it came as a surprise when they found the B virus in one animal, and antibodies to it in another.

Studies which assess the toxicology of new drugs typically have some element of animal testing, and a paper published in the journal Nature Communications has described a method using in vitro tests which are carried out without animals.

Animal studies, whether for the development or production of new medicines, for physiological studies, for studying environmental effects or for the testing of chemicals or new food additives, has to be carried out in compliance with EU legislation.

Preclinical testing of experimental drugs, in the test tube or in animals, that occurs before trials in humans may be carried out.

The oxygen carrying capacity of these blood cells can be tested under varying temperatures and stress conditions without ever producing an animal.

Sport this cute clutch that symbolizes fighting against animal testing to carry your Fruit Dyed Makeup and any other items needed to take you through a day or through a trip.

Choose pet foods that carry a statement under the ingredients list about using Association of Animal Feed Control Officials procedures to test the product.

The trapped animals then were killed and sent to an Orlando Health and Rehabilitative Services lab for analysis to see if they harbored rabies.But Dr. George Gant, head of the Osceola Health Department, said so many wild animals carry rabies that there's nothing to be learned from trapping and testing animals.

Lien Animal Clinic recommends testing dogs of herding breed ancestry to determine whether they carry the MDR1 gene.

The Animal League Wellness Center offers Heartworm testing and disease treatment, and carries preventative medication.

We enthusiastically enter into our partnership with CAPC helping them achieve their vision of «Every Pet Tested and Protected» fighting both heartworms and the vectors carrying them,» said Craig Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Ceva Animal Health.

It's important to keep up with the rabies shots because if your animal is exposed to the virus when it's not current on the vaccination, it will be put to sleep and sent off for testing to ensure that it was not carrying the disease.

- The animals to be tested must be submitted to general anesthesia so they can be x-rayed; - Any owner of an animal registered in the book of Portuguese Origin or initial registration you will be able to participate in the screening and control scheme of hip dysplasia; - The minimum age for testing animals is 1 year of age for small, medium and large breeds and 18 months for the giant breeds; - To carry out x-ray examinations should owners resort to your doctor - Vetgerinário Assistant that will inform the entire process.

Animal Genetics currently offers a test to determine the number of copies of the recessive «long hair» allele a dog carries.

Subsequent testing, carried out with the New York State Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell University and the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, identified the outbreak as being caused by a virus closely related to an Asian strain of canine influenza virus A.

When a breed population carries a high frequency for a known detrimental allele at a specific genetic locus, it may be possible to crossbreed with an animal free of the detrimental allele and then backcross to the original lineage, monitoring the presence of the desired allele using genetic testing.

To establish whether a kennel has parvovirus, test some of the breeding animals for antibodies, their titres will be much higher if they have been naturally exposed compared to post-vaccinal levels (such tests can be carried out by Companion Animal Diagnostics, University of Glasgow Veterinary School).

However, the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals has developed a DNA test to identify patients who carry the mutated gene associated with DM.

Like all Seventh Generation products, our Natural Dish Liquid carries the Leaping Bunny symbol to let you know no animals testing was used to develop the product.

• Perform assessments on pet patients to determine causes of complaints • Restrain animals during examination procedures carried out by veterinary doctors • Assist in performing laboratory tests including urinalysis and blood counts • Take and process x-rays and assist veterinary doctors in performing dental procedures • Prepare animals for surgeries by calming them down and sterilizing operable areas

If a tenant has a service animal and is referring to that animal as a «pit bull» then she or they should have a DNA test done at a cost of 69 dollars and carry it with her.