| IAP | immunosuppressive acidic protein; inosinic acid pyrophosphorylase; Institute of Animal Physiology; i... |
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| ILAR | Institute of Laboratory Animal Research |
| LADA | laboratory animal dander allergy; left acromio-dorso-anterior [position]; left anterior descending a... |
| M/A | male, altered [animal]; mood and/or affect |
| MALT | male, altered [animal]; mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue; Munich Alcoholism Test |
| 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) |
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| 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) |