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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... experimental utility of this species. As the text goes to press, it is still not certain if the Editors' preference to contain the entire contents to a single volume can be achieved, or if the number of pages dictates two volumes. There ...
... experimental utility of this species. As the text goes to press, it is still not certain if the Editors' preference to contain the entire contents to a single volume can be achieved, or if the number of pages dictates two volumes. There ...
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... experiments in Europe prior to 1850 (Verzar, 1973). However, the work generally recognized as the first use of the rat for experimental purposes was a study on the effects of adrenalectomy in albino rats by Philipeaux (Philipeaux, 1856) ...
... experiments in Europe prior to 1850 (Verzar, 1973). However, the work generally recognized as the first use of the rat for experimental purposes was a study on the effects of adrenalectomy in albino rats by Philipeaux (Philipeaux, 1856) ...
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... experimental animal in a few nutrition studies conducted in Europe prior to 1850. Its popularity for this purpose continued upward as it was used increasingly in several nutrition laboratories in Europe during the next 50 years (Verzar ...
... experimental animal in a few nutrition studies conducted in Europe prior to 1850. Its popularity for this purpose continued upward as it was used increasingly in several nutrition laboratories in Europe during the next 50 years (Verzar ...
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... experimental biologist and great humanitarian.'' He established a subline of the Osborne-Mendel stock of rat, the Sherman strain. (Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.) The University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1929 ...
... experimental biologist and great humanitarian.'' He established a subline of the Osborne-Mendel stock of rat, the Sherman strain. (Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.) The University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1929 ...
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... experiments, the first being published in 1919 (Sherman et al., 1919). Within a few years, however, he began emphasizing the two types of lifespan studies that he made most famous: (1) comparisons of experimental diets having definite ...
... experiments, the first being published in 1919 (Sherman et al., 1919). Within a few years, however, he began emphasizing the two types of lifespan studies that he made most famous: (1) comparisons of experimental diets having definite ...
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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