The Laboratory RatThe 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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... Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 RON BOOT (11), National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Section of Laboratory Animal Microbiology, PO Box 1, Bilthoven, ...
... Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 RON BOOT (11), National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, Section of Laboratory Animal Microbiology, PO Box 1, Bilthoven, ...
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... Indiana Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Schering Plough Corporation, Kenilworth, New Jersey University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, ...
... Indiana Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Schering Plough Corporation, Kenilworth, New Jersey University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, ...
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The combined presence of these two great men provided an unusually fertile environment for behavioral research. Watson's work, in particular, was to give further impetus to use of the rat in research. According to Munn (Munn, 1950), ...
The combined presence of these two great men provided an unusually fertile environment for behavioral research. Watson's work, in particular, was to give further impetus to use of the rat in research. According to Munn (Munn, 1950), ...
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The frequent (often weekly) visits of up to 200 women in the animal rooms and laboratories proved to be detrimental to the research program, and Dunning once again began searching for a more favorable environment.
The frequent (often weekly) visits of up to 200 women in the animal rooms and laboratories proved to be detrimental to the research program, and Dunning once again began searching for a more favorable environment.
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When rearing germ-free experimental animals two main problems must first be solved, one purely technical, viz. how the animal shall be isolated in a sterile environment, and the other how, in this environment, the best conditions of ...
When rearing germ-free experimental animals two main problems must first be solved, one purely technical, viz. how the animal shall be isolated in a sterile environment, and the other how, in this environment, the best conditions of ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Laboratory Rat American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine |
| Editors | Mark A. Suckow, Steven H. Weisbroth, Craig L. Franklin |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Elsevier, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0080454321, 9780080454320 |
| Length | 928 pages |
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