Concept information
Preferred term
animal models
Type
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Topic
Definition
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Non-human animals, selected because of specific characteristics, for use in experimental research, teaching, or testing.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2017
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Synonyms
- mice models
- murine models
- primate models
- rat models
Scope note
- Animals who have specific characteristics that are used in experimental research, teaching or testing in order to study physiology, nutrition, etc. of humans or other species; For animals used to study human disease USE animal disease models; For mathematical models in the study of animal genetics USE mathematical models.
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9120
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