alternative test method
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United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 285L — in this section
The term “alternative test method” means a test method that—
(A) includes any new or revised test method; and
(B) (i) reduces the number of animals required;
(ii) refines procedures to lessen or eliminate pain or distress to animals, or enhances animal well-being; or
(iii) replaces animals with non-animal systems or one animal species with a phylogenetically lower animal species, such as replacing a mammal with an invertebrate.