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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... produce an inbred strain of them. By 1934 they had reached generation 35 of inbreeding. This line became the strain known ... production was a serious, difficult, and worthwhile task.'' The first rats brought to the Wistar in 1906 by ...
... produce an inbred strain of them. By 1934 they had reached generation 35 of inbreeding. This line became the strain known ... production was a serious, difficult, and worthwhile task.'' The first rats brought to the Wistar in 1906 by ...
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... production, a listing of recipients of animals, progress of the inbreeding program under King, budget information, personnel matters, and comments on health problems encountered in the colony. Table 1-2 gives the available data on rat ...
... production, a listing of recipients of animals, progress of the inbreeding program under King, budget information, personnel matters, and comments on health problems encountered in the colony. Table 1-2 gives the available data on rat ...
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... production of the breeding colony (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). In the early years of the colony, disease problems were common (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). Some years (excluding 1918 when many died of ...
... production of the breeding colony (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). In the early years of the colony, disease problems were common (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). Some years (excluding 1918 when many died of ...
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... production of rats, amphibians, and opossums (the latter being an interest of Greenman's), and the home of the Director from 1928 until his death. After Greenman's death in 1937, the farm was sold and all rats were returned to the ...
... production of rats, amphibians, and opossums (the latter being an interest of Greenman's), and the home of the Director from 1928 until his death. After Greenman's death in 1937, the farm was sold and all rats were returned to the ...
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... PRODUCTION AT THE WISTAR INSTITUTE, 1911–1928a Used in research Supplied to Number of Income from Expenditure ($) Year at Wistar other institutions institutions supplied rat sales ($) on rat colonyb 1911 1,646 0 0 0 645.00 1912 1,737 ...
... PRODUCTION AT THE WISTAR INSTITUTE, 1911–1928a Used in research Supplied to Number of Income from Expenditure ($) Year at Wistar other institutions institutions supplied rat sales ($) on rat colonyb 1911 1,646 0 0 0 645.00 1912 1,737 ...
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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