Animal Experimentation and the Development of Vaccines: A Brief Historical Outline
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Abstract
According to the annual registration of the use of laboratory animals in the Netherlands, 251,000 animals were used in this country in 1986 for the production, testing and biological standardization of biological products, including vaccines in particular (1). The total figure for that year in the Netherlands was about 1.21 millions.
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Pertussis Vaccine Measle Vaccine Rabies Vaccine Causative Microorganism Smallpox Vaccine
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