Sentence examples for animals of this test from inspiring English sources

%) and platelet counts (PLT) were higher than those of the control group (i.e., 2.6 % as compared to 2.1%%; and 975 giga/L as compared to 851 giga/L), and in the female animals of this test group, the Ret.

In addition, for the other three (remaining) animals of this test group (one animal of this test group had died due to gavage error), all mentioned parameters were within the normal ranges, and there were no histopathologically relevant findings upon necropsy.

Indeed, when comparing mice older than 2 years, 75% of s- Ink4/Arf/p53 animals successfully passed this test, compared with only 20% of the wt group (Fig. 2D).

For the lungs, whole histopathological examination was performed in animals of all test groups.

The method is not intended to allow the calculation of a precise LD50, but does allow for the determination of defined exposure ranges where lethality is expected since death or appearance of toxic signs of a proportion of the animals is still the major endpoint of this test.

The simplification of high throughput drug screening in whole animals was illustrated in this test of zebrafish that were treated with different concentrations of various compounds.

The list of animals that can pass this test is very short: humans, chimps, bonobos, gorillas (though they really do not like the eye contact the mirror involves), orangutans, dolphins, an Indian elephant called Happy (African elephants are hard to study as they tend to smash up the mirror), and a particularly smart magpie called Gertie.

The mortality of the animal is given as number of animals dead/total number of animals tested (No. dead/No. tested).

Forced swimming test (FST) is an animal model which evaluates behavioral despair and the effect of antidepressants such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; the FST modifies the expression of some receptors related to antidepressant response, but it is not known whether serotonin transporter (SERT), their main target, is affected by this test in animals of different ages.

Number of animals per test apparatus (e.g., aquaria) noted.

In vitro studies using RBC are an alternative technique to the in vivo eye irritation test since it is an inexpensive and rapid and provides reliable results with good reproducibility method that reduces and even avoids the use of experimental animals for this kind of test [ 31].