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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... Isolated Food-Substances.'' Parts I and II. Carnegie Institute Washington, Washington, D.C. Osborne, T.B., and ... isolation and elimination of contamination. In ''Micrurgical and Germ-Free Techniques: Their Application to Experimental ...
... Isolated Food-Substances.'' Parts I and II. Carnegie Institute Washington, Washington, D.C. Osborne, T.B., and ... isolation and elimination of contamination. In ''Micrurgical and Germ-Free Techniques: Their Application to Experimental ...
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... isolated or group-housed rats and cage size (Brown and Grunberg, 1995; Giralt and Armario, 1989). Laboratory rats are most commonly housed in either solid-bottom plastic cages or hanging cages with wirebottom floors. Research ...
... isolated or group-housed rats and cage size (Brown and Grunberg, 1995; Giralt and Armario, 1989). Laboratory rats are most commonly housed in either solid-bottom plastic cages or hanging cages with wirebottom floors. Research ...
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... isolation housing, as opposed to group housing, leads to stress or other physiologic changes. Stress is typically indicated by changes in behavioral (activity, aggression), physiologic (body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure) ...
... isolation housing, as opposed to group housing, leads to stress or other physiologic changes. Stress is typically indicated by changes in behavioral (activity, aggression), physiologic (body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure) ...
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Contents
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5Clinical Pathology of the Rat | 127 |
6 Reproduction and Breeding | 147 |
7 Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Genetic Modifications in Rats | 165 |
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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