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Concept information

Preferred term

animal models

Type

  • Topic

Definition

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.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9120

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