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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... body length and body weight 2. Correlated growth curves of brain and cord with body length and weight 3. Studied various conditions that might affect the nervous system: a. Domestication, age, exercise, inbreeding (H. D. King)1 b ...
... body length and body weight 2. Correlated growth curves of brain and cord with body length and weight 3. Studied various conditions that might affect the nervous system: a. Domestication, age, exercise, inbreeding (H. D. King)1 b ...
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... body weight per day. He continues to grow rapidly until reaching a weight of 200 to 300 gm. This results in a great dilution of the body stores of nutrients and makes it very easy to produce a variety of nutritional deficiencies. In ...
... body weight per day. He continues to grow rapidly until reaching a weight of 200 to 300 gm. This results in a great dilution of the body stores of nutrients and makes it very easy to produce a variety of nutritional deficiencies. In ...
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... body weight of the albino rat. J. Exp. Zool. 26, 1–54. King, H.D. (1918). Studies on inbreeding. II. The effects of inbreeding on the fertility and on the constitutional vigor of the albino rat. J. Exp. Zool. 26, 335–378. King, H.D. ...
... body weight of the albino rat. J. Exp. Zool. 26, 1–54. King, H.D. (1918). Studies on inbreeding. II. The effects of inbreeding on the fertility and on the constitutional vigor of the albino rat. J. Exp. Zool. 26, 335–378. King, H.D. ...
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... body weight, but also states that other performance measures, such as activity level, behavior, reproductive status, age, social considerations, and health should be used to assess overall space needs. It has been demonstrated that ...
... body weight, but also states that other performance measures, such as activity level, behavior, reproductive status, age, social considerations, and health should be used to assess overall space needs. It has been demonstrated that ...
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... (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 was not shown to influence any ...
... (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 was not shown to influence any ...
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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