title: The Göttingen minipig in pharmacology and toxicology.
abstract: Pigs traditionally are used in surgical and physiological research. Since the development of the Minnesota minipig in 1949 at the Hormel Institute (USA), miniature pigs have been introduced as a model in pharmacology and toxicology, because of scientific, economic and ethical reasons.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bollen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ellegaard
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000827:Animal Welfare / Q000191:economics*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000502:physiology*; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature / Q000502:physiology*; D018675:Toxicity Tests / Q000379:methods*