BRAD 2024

2. Gloves, lab coat, safety goggles, shoe covers, surgical mask, etc.
3. International body that evaluates organizations that use animals in research and grants them accreditation when standards are met.
7. A microorganism that causes disease.
8. Stimulates immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen, typically prepared from an inactivated or weakened form of the causative agent.
11. Dosing route with the fastest absorption rate.
15. A complex network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against infection.
16. Refers to an animal whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences.
17. The largest organ in the human body.
19. Before a drug can be sold for human use, it must go through a rigorous approval process from this federal agency.
22. An element in a study that remains unchanged by other variables to be used as a benchmark for comparison.
23. Term referring to something situated or applied under the skin.
24. Latin for "within the living", refers to tests or procedures that research conduct within a whole living being.
25. Latin term used to describe when an animal has access to food at all times.
26. The most commonly used species in biomedical research.

1. Refers to any strategy that will result in fewer animals being used to obtain sufficient data; one of the 3 R's
4. A common issue in laboratory rodents where to upper and lower incisors do not align properly usually due to overgrowth.
5. Refers to methods which avoid or replace the use of animals; one of the 3R's.
6. Refers to the modification of husbandry or experimental procedures to minimize pain and distress and improve animal welfare; one of the 3 R's
9. The work-related emotional distress some researchers feel from the work they conduct with animals is known as _____ fatigue.
10. The study of how an administered substance interacts with the body through absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
12. Nesting materials, toys, foraging devices, food treats, etc.
13. The liquid portion of blood.
14. The study of the nervous system, primarily focused on the brain.
18. The only human disease in history to have successfully been eradicated.
20. The most common type of fish used in research.
21. Government agency that regulates the use of all live or dead warm-blooded animals except birds, mice, and rats bred for research.