Sentences with phrase «test animals»

For example, some research in test animals shows that it can reduce cancer occurrence and tumor size (19, 20).

The only way to test an animal for rabies is on their brain tissue, which can not be done in a live animal.

The study wasn't about designing a new way of testing animal behavior, either; the same test has been used in rodents.

However, these studies have been limited by only testing animals at younger ages; older animals have rarely been examined.

We temperament test the animals with children and other dogs and cats.

A responsible breeder will health and temperament test their animals, and those that don't make the cut will be altered before placement.

In the second test the animals were placed in a rectangular maze.

The agency then lowers that dosage by a factor of 10 to account for possible variations in response between the most sensitive test animal and humans.

«We need to test animals bigger than mice,» he said.

It is also necessary to compare the doses humans have in their bodies with the doses test animals have in their bodies.

The database obtained in many mouse strains will permit to compare tested animals to database in order to reduce the number of control animals used.

Additionally, in large doses it has killed test animals.

This is where the idea of showing and testing our animals originated.

To diagnose heartworm disease, a veterinarian may have to test the animal repeatedly (on different occasions) for this disease since diagnosis is more elusive in the cat than in the dog.

I agree, in most cases, with a ban on test animals.

Those who test animals to determine the effects of drug therapies also need excellent diagnostic skills.

Today, those breakthroughs have been demonstrated in only a small number of test animals.

In Albert Oehlen's Titanium Cat with Laboratory Tested Animal (1999), the influence of Gerhard Richter's painterly practice and the process known as vermalung: the act of creating movement through undoing, scraping and over-painting, is in full evidence.

Certified organic meat comes from animals that are fed certified organic feed so Australian Certified Organic also tests animal feed such as silage, hay and pasture.

Test your Animal Crossing knowledge in the Quiz Show, or pop as many balloons as you can and stick your landing on Balloon Island.

Probios Intelliflora joins the Probios family of products, the world's most widely researched and tested animal health probiotics.

The team tested animals that had a naturally occurring gene mutation — a single nucleotide difference that in turn changes one amino acid in the receptor proteins for GABA neurotransmitters — and compared them to rats without the mutation.

Then they administered a shot of the bubbly mix into test animals.

Prather says achieving this success with pigs is notable because pigs are much closer to humans than many other test animals.

Beginning at 8 months of age, the researchers tested the animals in an «object retrieval detour task» (retrieval of an M&M candy from a transparent box that is open on one side) and a fine motor task (freeing a Life Saver candy by moving it along a bent metal rod), both well - established tests for cognitive and fine motor control in nonhuman primates.

When scientists surgically remove these regions, test animals lose their circadian rhythms.

[Morikawa's team] trained and tested their animals during adolescence, a period associated with greater reinforcing effects of drugs.

Spearheading the work was University of Gothenburg neuroscientist Sten Grillner, who ran chemical experiments on cats, the standard test animal for studying locomotion.

After testing the animals, Cohen — who didn't know the details of Kipnis's research — gave her colleague a call.

Still, she defends the report, calling Fischer 344, for instance, a «lousy» test animal because the males have reproductive problems.

This is why we had access to enough test animals from this breed,» explains study director Friederike Range.

Next, the scientists tested the animals» response to pain in a number of different ways, including poking the mice's feet and injecting capsaicin under their skin.

«I'm not saying it is inappropriate for all testing, but to use it as the only test animal in this program means that we could really underestimate the effects of certain kinds of chemicals.

In a hotly debated move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected this unassuming rodent as the primary test animal for a vastly complex and comprehensive new chemical - evaluation program.

Sarah Tuite, a spokesperson for Menu Foods, refused to comment on the lag time between the first test animal's death and the date of the recall.

Once this procedure had worked well in the early stages of the tumor, the researchers waited in the next stage until the tumor was very large and the life expectancy of the untreated test animals was less than three weeks.

The researchers then tested the animals» memories by conditioning them to associate a small electric shock with a specific cage.

In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.

This binding is so complete that scientists who wish to study the effects of low zinc concentrations in test animals merely add soy bran to the animals» diet.

My question is not really one that would normally be asked of you; but I wanted to send you a question that is fun and test your animal law knowledge at the same time.

Clicker training is a tried and tested animal training method that can in fact be used on your rabbit.

Individuals from the California Department of Health routinely test animals within the region throughout the year to monitor the prominence of the disease.

Ask your breeder about testing their animals for Hyperuricosuria, hip dysplasia and the incidence of elbow problems.

Nick Lachey Encourages Dog Owners to Test Their Animal Instincts to Help Understand When an Itch is More than Just an Itch

Services include: Gastrointestinal panels Endocrine testing Blood pressure monitoring Ultrasound Lower airway washes Infectious disease testing Autoimmune disease testing Transfusion medicine Kidney and liver specific panels Pancreatic blood panels In - house and reference laboratory services Culture and sensitivity tests Animal Radiology Clinic Heights Urban Animal offers ultrasound and digital x-ray to better visualize structures that aren't always apparent.

«The hope is that by trapping and testing animals caught at Willard Intermediate School and El Sol Science and Arts Academy, officials will be able to determine if a recent case of typhus — the first in Santa Ana this year — originated in the community.

Internal parasites can be detected by testing an animal's stool with a fecal flotation test (also called a fecal float).

However, instead of testing your animals with other dogs and making them walk on a leash, small animals are usually tested by being asked to stay on a table for a 30 seconds or so and by being passed to two or three strangers on whose laps they must sit calmly.

Their laboratory test animal is not a chimp or a dog or a rat — animals that we know can remember things — it is the common fruit fly.