The Laboratory RatMark A. Suckow, Steven H. Weisbroth, Craig L. Franklin Elsevier, 2005 M12 20 - 928 pages The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition features updated information on a variety of topics including: rat genetics and genomics, both spontaneous and induced disease; state-of-the-art technology for housing and husbandry; occupational health, and experimental models. A premier source of information on the laboratory rat that will be of interest to veterinary and medical students, senior graduate, graduate students, post-docs and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research.
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... activity (Stewart, 1898; Logan, 1999). He placed wild gray rats in revolving drums and measured their activity by the number of revolutions of the drums (Fig. 1-16, A). Wild gray rats were difficult to handle and so Stewart changed in ...
... activity (Stewart, 1898; Logan, 1999). He placed wild gray rats in revolving drums and measured their activity by the number of revolutions of the drums (Fig. 1-16, A). Wild gray rats were difficult to handle and so Stewart changed in ...
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... activities and enhance the animals' well-being; and, Animals should have opportunities to exhibit species-typical activity patterns. and, ...continuing research into those environments that enhance the well-being of research animals is ...
... activities and enhance the animals' well-being; and, Animals should have opportunities to exhibit species-typical activity patterns. and, ...continuing research into those environments that enhance the well-being of research animals is ...
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... activities, and the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) ... activity) while unrestrained animals undergo behavioral testing. The ability to record a wide variety of parameters ...
... activities, and the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) ... activity) while unrestrained animals undergo behavioral testing. The ability to record a wide variety of parameters ...
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... activity level, behavior, reproductive status, age, social considerations, and health should be used to assess overall space needs. It has been demonstrated that although rats can thrive in relatively small spaces, it is the quality of ...
... activity level, behavior, reproductive status, age, social considerations, and health should be used to assess overall space needs. It has been demonstrated that although rats can thrive in relatively small spaces, it is the quality of ...
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... (activity, aggression), physiologic (body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure), anatomical (adrenal weight), or biochemical (corticosterone) parameters. In a study of the capacity of male rats to adapt to chronic stress, cage density ...
... (activity, aggression), physiologic (body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure), anatomical (adrenal weight), or biochemical (corticosterone) parameters. In a study of the capacity of male rats to adapt to chronic stress, cage density ...
Contents
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8 Analysis of Behavior in Laboratory Rats | 191 |
9 Nutrition | 219 |
18 Experimental Modeling and Research Methodology | 587 |
19 Anesthesia and Analgesia | 627 |
20 Euthanasia and Necropsy | 665 |
21 Integrating Biology with Rat Genomic Tools | 679 |
22 Gnotobiotics | 693 |
23 Spontaneous Surgically and Chemically Induced Models of Disease | 711 |
24 The Nude Rat | 733 |
25 Gerontology and AgeAssociated Lesions | 761 |
10 Housing and Environment | 303 |
11 Bacterial Mycoplasmal and Mycotic Infections | 339 |
12 Viral Disease | 423 |
13 Parasitic Diseases | 453 |
14 Neoplastic Disease | 479 |
15 Metabolic Traumatic and Miscellaneous Diseases | 513 |
16 Medical Management and Diagnostic Approaches | 547 |
17 Occupational Health and Safety | 565 |
26 Cardiovascular Research | 773 |
27 Toxicology | 803 |
28 Embryology and Teratology | 817 |
29 Immunology | 847 |
30 Wild and Black Rats | 865 |
Appendix 1 Selected Normative Data | 883 |
Index | 885 |
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