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The New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (NZAVS) is a campaign group that opposes all animal testing. It achieves this through research, education, public awareness and political lobbying.
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CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986
PRE-CONCEPTION AND PRE-NATAL
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- 2. RESEARCH AND INFORMATION Initial report from Cabinet papers: some testing on rodents… NEEDED TO FIND OUT MORE Ministry of Health documents released to NZAVS showed: • Acute toxicity – small and large animals; LD50 • Repeat dose toxicity – small and large animals • Toxicokinetic – small and large animals • Genotoxicity – a test battery with in vitro and rodent testing
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