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alternative test method

Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.

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.

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