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<term>
  <id>10712</id>
  <title>Fertility Assessment by Continuous Breeding</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - Fertility Assessment by Continuous Breeding</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.10712</doi>
  <code>10712</code>
  <status>current</status>
  <initialism><em>initialism</em>: FACB</initialism>
  <synonym><em>synonym</em>: Reproductive Assessment by Continuous Breeding (RACB)</synonym>
  <definitions>
    <item>
      <id>1</id>
      <text>Reproductive toxicity test in rodents in which female animals are repeatedly mated and frequency and size of litter and other parameters are measured; second or later generation fertility is also studied.</text>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>litter</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10897</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 754 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-1202)</item>
      </sources>
    </item>
  </definitions>
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  <citation>Citation: 'Fertility Assessment by Continuous Breeding' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10712</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-08-03T19:13:31+00:00</accessed>
</term>
