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Descriptor English: Animal Use Alternatives
Descriptor Spanish: Alternativas al Uso de Animales
Descriptor alternativas al uso de animales
Entry term(s) alternativas a la investigación con animales
reducción, refinamiento y reemplazo en la experimentación con animales
Scope note: Alternativas al uso de animales en investigación, experimentación y educación. Las alternativas pueden incluir la reducción del número de animales usados, la sustitución de los animales por un modelo no animal o por animales de una especie filogenéticamente inferior, o el refinamiento de los métodos para minimizar el dolor y sufrimiento de los animales utilizados.
Descriptor Portuguese: Alternativas ao Uso de Animais
Descriptor French: Alternatives à l'utilisation d'animaux
Entry term(s): Alternative, Animal Use
Alternatives, Animal Use
Animal Research Alternatives
Animal Testing Reduction, Refinement and Replacement
Animal Use Alternative
Use Alternative, Animal
Use Alternatives, Animal
Tree number(s): E05.017.080
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D023401
Scope note: Alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing, and education. The alternatives may include reduction in the number of animals used, replacement of animals with a non-animal model or with animals of a species lower phylogenetically, or refinement of methods to minimize pain and distress of animals used.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Animal Testing Alternatives (1985-2000)
Public MeSH Note: 2001
History Note: 2001
Related: Animal Experimentation MeSH
Animal Welfare MeSH
DeCS ID: 35429
Unique ID: D023401
NLM Classification: W 20.55.A5
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Date Established: 2001/01/01
Date of Entry: 2000/06/21
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Animal Use Alternatives - Preferred
Concept UI M0361915
Scope note Alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing, and education. The alternatives may include reduction in the number of animals used, replacement of animals with a non-animal model or with animals of a species lower phylogenetically, or refinement of methods to minimize pain and distress of animals used.
Preferred term Animal Use Alternatives
Entry term(s) Alternative, Animal Use
Alternatives, Animal Use
Animal Research Alternatives
Animal Use Alternative
Use Alternative, Animal
Use Alternatives, Animal
Animal Testing Reduction, Refinement and Replacement - Narrower
Concept UI M000611340
Preferred term Animal Testing Reduction, Refinement and Replacement



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