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barras de luke
polvo de mojo
Jan 26, 2009 18:12
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

sacrificar

Spanish to English Science Livestock / Animal Husbandry Eel farming
I know that when it's cattle, the translation is "slaughter", but this refers to eels in an experiment:
"Una vez por semana, se sacrificaron 10 machos, obteniendo parametros morfometricos..."
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 sacrificed/killed
4 +2 slaughter
5 sacrifice/euthanize
4 put to death
4 sacrifice / put down

Proposed translations

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4 mins
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sacrificed/killed

hope it helps
Peer comment(s):
agree Roberto Hall : killed. Maybe "killed painlessly" if it were necessary to soften the expression.
5 mins
Thank you Roberto
agree John Speese : I've heard sacrificed used in the context of animals killed to obtain data in research or experiments.
11 mins
Thanks John
agree Peter van der Hoek : I do, of course, agree with you, Mirtha!
15 mins
Thank you, Peter
agree liz askew : killed. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=once a wee...
1 hr
Thanks, Liz
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : Alas, "sacrificed" is a common euphemism in describing research using live animals. Who knows if it was painless?
2 hrs
Thanks Muriel, true who knows if it was painless
disagree Andrée Goreux : Animals for food are slaughtered, sick pets are put down, people are killed or put to death
6 hrs
But these are experiment animals so they are sacrificed or killed
agree Marcelo González : "sacrificed for research (purposes)"--not exactly an uncommon phrase/euphemism
7 hrs
Thanks Marcelo
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "In view of your eminent agrees, I'll go for this answer:) Thanks everyone for the help!"
14 mins

put to death

Not that I don't agree with Mirtha, but simply so you've got some more options.
Peer comment(s):
agree Juan Jacob : In Mexico we say: "Put to sleep"... poor things.
5 mins
Thanks for your support! Indeed they are Juan. I spend a lot of my free time helping a foundation that rescues street and beach animals.
disagree Andrée Goreux : Animals for food are slaughtered, sick pets are put down, people are killed or put to death
6 hrs
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1 hr

sacrifice / put down

To give you another option: "Put down" is a term widely used as a eurphamism for sacrificed in the sphere of laboratory studies.

Understanding Animal Research | FAQsUnderstanding Animal Research engages in the UK public debate about the use of ... Animal experiments are just one method in biological and medical ... scientific and legal reasons to treat laboratory animals well and use them ... any animal suffering severe pain which cannot be alleviated is put down immediately. ...
www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/faqs/

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Animal Welfare ActThe data suggest that use of laboratory animals allowed to add 28 years of life to an ... Puppy mills (known as puppy farms in the UK and Australia) are dog .... German Animal Welfare Act (10189 words). Animals used in experiments to ... or lethal concentration of a substance shall be put down painlessly as soon as ...
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Animal-Welfare-Act
Note from asker:
I'd only really use this for pets, but thanks for your input and please ignore the rather snippy "disagree" there ;)
Peer comment(s):
agree Peter van der Hoek : Again, I agree. There are many ways of expressing this painful act.
23 mins
Thanks for your support, Peter. Have a nice day. :)
disagree Andrée Goreux : Animals for food are slaughtered, in context, this is an eel farm. Sick pets are put down, put to sleep or sacrificed. People are killed in an accident or put to death for a crime.
5 hrs
As Mirtha points out, these are NOT animals for food; the context is a laboratory EXPERIMENT. You should read the entire entry more carefully.
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+2
2 hrs

slaughter

I would go with slaughter. For me "killed" isn't the right word here.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-01-26 20:59:49 GMT)
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www.springerlink.com/index/GA3B3EBFFJ702CM9.pdf
Peer comment(s):
agree Andrée Goreux : Perfect!! Animals for food are slaughtered, sick pets are put down, people are killed or put to death
3 hrs
Thanks.
agree Michael Powers (PhD) : Hay una expresión cubana de "no tener pelos en la lengua" que se traduce "tell it like it is." - Mike :)
4 hrs
Thanks
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1 day 2 hrs

sacrifice/euthanize

... the same principle applies to animals that are to be sacrificed or euthanized at the end of a study.
www.mnstate.edu/Iacuc/rats.cfm

Harvesting or otherwise procuring fresh tissue or cell samples from sacrificed or euthanized animals ...
www.copernicusproject.ucr.edu/ssi/Science Fair/8/Vertebrate...

All eels were euthanized in MS222, weighed to the nearest gram, measured to the nearest millimeter (total length, TL), and decapitated. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/LR44RP1N87331V55.pdf

Prior to 2002, most eels were euthanized in a 10% formalin solution and weighed (g), and measured (mm) at the Eustis Fishery Research Laboratory. ...
mercury.ornl.gov/metadata/nbii/xml/ncddc/fwc_fwri_ffr_ffb00005.xml

Eels were euthanized with clove oil. They were weighed and length measured. Parasites were counted, and parasite length measured.
www.fws.gov/northeast/ameel/wkshp2b.pdf
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