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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Page 58
... appear to avoid cages with wire flooring (Manser et al., 1998; Patterson-Kane, 2003; van de Weerd et al., 1996). Manser et al. (1996) further documented that rats either selected, or worked, to obtain access to solidbottom floors over ...
... appear to avoid cages with wire flooring (Manser et al., 1998; Patterson-Kane, 2003; van de Weerd et al., 1996). Manser et al. (1996) further documented that rats either selected, or worked, to obtain access to solidbottom floors over ...
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... appear to prefer to be housed in groups (PattersonKane et al., 2001a; Patterson-Kane et al., 2001b; Sharp et al., 2003b), but there is a divergence of opinion as to whether isolation housing, as opposed to group housing, leads to stress ...
... appear to prefer to be housed in groups (PattersonKane et al., 2001a; Patterson-Kane et al., 2001b; Sharp et al., 2003b), but there is a divergence of opinion as to whether isolation housing, as opposed to group housing, leads to stress ...
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... appear to undergo significant deformation with large pulmonary inflations, leading to alveolar basement membrane deformation, which may contribute to lung recoil at high lung pressures. 106 JOHN HOFSTETTER, MARK A. SUCKOW, AND DEBRA L ...
... appear to undergo significant deformation with large pulmonary inflations, leading to alveolar basement membrane deformation, which may contribute to lung recoil at high lung pressures. 106 JOHN HOFSTETTER, MARK A. SUCKOW, AND DEBRA L ...
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... appears as a mass of follicles. The convoluted oviduct has its open end applied to the ovary and its distal end into the ... appear to be fused distally, there are two distinct ossa uteri opening into the vagina. Each ossa uteri has an ...
... appears as a mass of follicles. The convoluted oviduct has its open end applied to the ovary and its distal end into the ... appear to be fused distally, there are two distinct ossa uteri opening into the vagina. Each ossa uteri has an ...
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... appear in Dodds (1997). 3. Inherited Platelet Dysfunction Several models of inherited platelet dysfunction have been identified and studied in rats (Jackson, 1989). These include the hypertensive Fawn Hooded rat, which has ...
... appear in Dodds (1997). 3. Inherited Platelet Dysfunction Several models of inherited platelet dysfunction have been identified and studied in rats (Jackson, 1989). These include the hypertensive Fawn Hooded rat, which has ...
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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