| F/S | female, spayed [animal]; frozen section |
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| HAP | Handicapped Aid Program; Hazardous Air Pollutants [List]; hazardous air pollution; health alliance p... |
| IAP | immunosuppressive acidic protein; inosinic acid pyrophosphorylase; Institute of Animal Physiology; i... |
| ILAR | Institute of Laboratory Animal Research |
| LADA | laboratory animal dander allergy; left acromio-dorso-anterior [position]; left anterior descending a... |
| salmonella infections, animal | Infections in animals with bacteria of the genus salmonella. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| helminthiasis, animal | Infestation of animals with parasitic worms of the helminth class. The infestation may be experimental or veterinary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, viral, animal | Viral hepatitis in animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| protozoan infections, animal | Infections with unicellular organisms of the subkingdom protozoa. The infections may be experimental or veterinary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sentinel animal | An animal deliberately placed in a particular environment to detect the presence of an infectious agent, such as a virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Houssay animal | An animal that has been pancreatectomised and hypophysectomised. Named after the discoverer of the principle that animal's are more sensitive to insulin after removal of the pituitary, and that after this operation the intensity of diabetes in depancreatised animal's is diminished. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sex behaviour, animal | Sexual activities of animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| normal animal | In research, an experimental animal that has neither suffered an attack of a particular disease nor received an injection of a specific microorganism or its toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disease models, animal | Animal disease whose pathologic mechanisms are sufficiently similar to those of a different human disease for the animal disease to serve as a model. The animal disease may be either induced or naturally occurring so long as it is not the same clinical entity as the disease for which it serves as a model. E.g., scrapie is an animal model for multiple sclerosis, which has never been found or induced in an animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eliminative behaviour, animal | Behaviour associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxoplasmosis, animal | Acquired infection of non-human animals by organisms of the genus toxoplasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transgenic animal | Genetically engineered animalor offspring of genetically engineeredanimals. The transgenic animal usually contains material from at leaseone unrelated organism, such as from a virus, plant, or other animal. (09 Oct 1997) |
| laboratory animal science | The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lameness, animal | A departure from the normal gait in animals. It is also called claudication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adipokinetic hormone | An anterior pituitary hormone that causes mobilization of fat from adipose tissue. Synonym: adipokinetic hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |