Disciplines and Occupations

Laboratory Animal Science

The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Animal Science, Laboratory
  • Animal Sciences, Laboratory
  • Laboratory Animal Sciences
  • Science, Laboratory Animal
  • Sciences, Laboratory Animal

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

87

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Previous Indexing

  • Animals, Laboratory (1966-1986)

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  1. H01w.158w.273w.368

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Laboratory Animal Science. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007756. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007756
  2. Laboratory Animal Science. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69957706