Шекунова Е.В.

The review is devoted to the diversity of laboratory rats and mice strains used in biomedical research.

Supporting optimal conditions in experimental vivarium is important for the technological process and the safe living of laboratory animals, otherwise, it can affect the health of workers, the health of laboratory animals and lead to a distortion of research results a

The scientific and industrial focus of biomedical research using pathogenic biological agents requires a serious comprehensive approach to meeting biological safety requirements. Risk assessment is at the heart of biosafety practice.

In pre-clinical studies on laboratory animals the most often studied substances are oral. The data for different types of laboratory animals is very contradictory and ambiguous.