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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... breeding. It is thus very likely that these show rats, that probably had been tamed by frequent handling, found their way at one time or another into laboratories. B. Earliest Experiments Regardless of the exact details, the Norway rat ...
... breeding. It is thus very likely that these show rats, that probably had been tamed by frequent handling, found their way at one time or another into laboratories. B. Earliest Experiments Regardless of the exact details, the Norway rat ...
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... breeding practices, and facilities for rats. It also must be emphasized that much of the credit for these innovations and advances goes to none other than the Director of the Institute, Milton Greenman. He gave the colony a great deal ...
... breeding practices, and facilities for rats. It also must be emphasized that much of the credit for these innovations and advances goes to none other than the Director of the Institute, Milton Greenman. He gave the colony a great deal ...
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... bred (heterogeneous) colony, Fig. 1-12 ''Cage and cage support, one of the older types used in The Wistar Institute ... breeding colony (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). In the early years of the colony, disease problems were ...
... bred (heterogeneous) colony, Fig. 1-12 ''Cage and cage support, one of the older types used in The Wistar Institute ... breeding colony (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). In the early years of the colony, disease problems were ...
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... Breeding of Laboratory Animals, was published in 1950 (Farris, 1950). During Farris' tenure, the Institute continued to supply rats to other institutions, averaging 4,359 rats to approximately 50 institutions each year. Annual use of ...
... Breeding of Laboratory Animals, was published in 1950 (Farris, 1950). During Farris' tenure, the Institute continued to supply rats to other institutions, averaging 4,359 rats to approximately 50 institutions each year. Annual use of ...
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... breeding and experimental work.'' Undaunted by such problems, he then paid a Chicago pet dealer $6 of his own money for 12 young albino rats. These served as the foundation stock for a colony from which the first experiment was ...
... breeding and experimental work.'' Undaunted by such problems, he then paid a Chicago pet dealer $6 of his own money for 12 young albino rats. These served as the foundation stock for a colony from which the first experiment was ...
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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