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Not usually. Horses are large animals that take a lot of looking after - they need a large area to live in, need exercising and grooming, and require a lot of food, all of which costs money. They also breed relatively slowly. Laboratories want animals that are small, easily handled, cheap to house and feed, and which reproduce quickly - rats, mice and rabbits are all common lab animals for these reasons.
However, anti-venom - the antidote to the venom of various snakes, Spiders, scorpions and so on - is created by injecting small amounts of venom into horses. The horse then builds up antibodies to the venom, which can be harvested from the horse's blood and used to treat people or animals who have been bitten/stung. This is not harmful to the horse, and does not hurt it. Sadly, many lab animals suffer terribly, and are eventually either killed or die from the procedures or drugs inflicted on them.
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Can horses be breed tested?
No they can't. If you want to find out what the breed of your horse is then you should look in the pasport (which is illegal not to have) and there is a page on the horses breeding.
What animals get tested for disease?
Cats, dogs, rats, Mice, birds, sometimes bugs and horses. Wrong right? Stupid scientist.
What animals are tested on in America?
Dogs, cats, mice, rats, lizzards, cows, horses, rabbits, pigs, monkeys and many more.
What kinds of animals are tested on in the US?
Dogs, cats, mice, rats, lizzards, cows, goats, sheep, horses, frogs, monkeys and many more.
How do you diagnose a pregnancy?
1. rectal palpation of the developed foetus from the 40 or 45 day2. blood serum tested biologicallythis methods used with horses and cattle
How many animals are tested on products?
Rabbits, Pigs, Monkeys, Dolphins, Dogs, Horses, Cats, Rodents and some others I don't know please add on if there are more...
What is Witch's Milk in horses?
Witch's milk is a term used for when a baby expresses milk from it's nipples. This is due to the body's systems being stimulated and tested at birth.
Who invented ambroxol?
It was Boehringer Ingelheim (a German pharmaceutical company) which was looking for a drug which would inhibit the cough in horses in and around 1930. Only much later was it then tested in humans and found active.
I want to know whether any experiment was performed before announcing that 1hp equals 746watt....was there any role of horse in this unit conversion.?
James Watt tested his steam engines against what horses could do as a sales pitch, since customers kept asking how many horses they could replace.
Would anybody find a Coggins positive horse quarantine boarding facility useful?
Well yes and no. If the horse is diagnosed positive, the stable it lives in will immediately be quarantined by the vet until all other horses are tested and cleared. There are also facilities already in place in states like Florida where Equine Infectious Anemia positive horses that show no symptoms can be kept at so as to not spread the disease to other horses.
Which is correct tested dermatologically or dermatologically tested?
Dermatologically tested, I think.
What is chlorine tested for?
It is tested for silver nitrate sometime. It is tested for silver nitrate sometime. It is tested for silver nitrate sometime.
