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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... containing 57% sucrose (Stewart et al., 1952). Intensive research in this field in recent years by many investigators has led to the belief that the strain differences observed by Hunt and associates are attributable not to Mendelian ...
... containing 57% sucrose (Stewart et al., 1952). Intensive research in this field in recent years by many investigators has led to the belief that the strain differences observed by Hunt and associates are attributable not to Mendelian ...
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... containing granulated and powdered sucrose. J. Dent. Res. 32, 210–221. Stolley, P.D., and Lasky, T. (1992). Johannes Fibiger and his Nobel prize for the hypothesis that a worm causes stomach cancer. Ann. Intern. Med. 116, 765–769 ...
... containing granulated and powdered sucrose. J. Dent. Res. 32, 210–221. Stolley, P.D., and Lasky, T. (1992). Johannes Fibiger and his Nobel prize for the hypothesis that a worm causes stomach cancer. Ann. Intern. Med. 116, 765–769 ...
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... containing the penis. The urethral orifice, directed ventrocaudally, opens through the end of the penis. A single cartilaginous or bony process, the os penis, lies on the ventral wall of the penis just proximal to the urethral orifice ...
... containing the penis. The urethral orifice, directed ventrocaudally, opens through the end of the penis. A single cartilaginous or bony process, the os penis, lies on the ventral wall of the penis just proximal to the urethral orifice ...
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... containing mucopolysaccharides, immunoglobulins, and enzymes. As in many mammals, the olfactory epithelium of the rat retains the capacity to recover after damage. Indeed, the posterior zone of epithelium is well preserved in aged rats ...
... containing mucopolysaccharides, immunoglobulins, and enzymes. As in many mammals, the olfactory epithelium of the rat retains the capacity to recover after damage. Indeed, the posterior zone of epithelium is well preserved in aged rats ...
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... containing mucin. Mucins protect gastric epithelium and the proximal duodenal mucosa by maintaining a favorable pH gradient and prevent autodigestion. They also secrete bicarbonate ion and epidermal growth factor. Rats have Brunner's ...
... containing mucin. Mucins protect gastric epithelium and the proximal duodenal mucosa by maintaining a favorable pH gradient and prevent autodigestion. They also secrete bicarbonate ion and epidermal growth factor. Rats have Brunner's ...
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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