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NALT Full

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
animal welfare
laboratory animal procedures
substance administration
syringe feeding

Preferred term

syringe feeding

Definition

An alternative method to oral gavage in which a laboratory animal (such as a mouse or rat) voluntarily accepts and ingests a drug, chemical, or pathogen offered to it using an oral pipette.
Source: Based upon Atcha, Z., Rourke, C., Neo, A. H. P., Goh, C. W. H., Lim, J. S. K., Aw, C.-C., Browne, E. R., & Pemberton, D. J. (2010). Alternative method of oral dosing for rats. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 49(3), 335–343. Scopus.
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

substance administration

In other languages

alimentación con jeringa

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/98750038

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