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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... Colony It seems impossible to overstate the contribution made by The Wistar Institute to husbandry of the laboratory rat. The Wistar rat colony served as the initial testing ground for developing satisfactory cages and ancillary ...
... Colony It seems impossible to overstate the contribution made by The Wistar Institute to husbandry of the laboratory rat. The Wistar rat colony served as the initial testing ground for developing satisfactory cages and ancillary ...
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... colony at Wistar Institute. The building is thought to be ''The Annex,'' a former police station that housed the Wistar rat colony from 1913 to 1922. (Courtesy of The Wistar Institute.) deaths were incurred because of an epizootic of ...
... colony at Wistar Institute. The building is thought to be ''The Annex,'' a former police station that housed the Wistar rat colony from 1913 to 1922. (Courtesy of The Wistar Institute.) deaths were incurred because of an epizootic of ...
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... Colony Building. The cages constructed of white pine were suspended from the ceiling on either side. ''Some historically significant devices used in early research on rat. Fig. 1-9 This is the floor plan of the Colony Building. (Courtesy ...
... Colony Building. The cages constructed of white pine were suspended from the ceiling on either side. ''Some historically significant devices used in early research on rat. Fig. 1-9 This is the floor plan of the Colony Building. (Courtesy ...
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... colony, Fig. 1-12 ''Cage and cage support, one of the older types used in The Wistar Institute Colony'' (Greenman and Duhring, 1923). (Courtesy of The Wistar Institute.) in addition to those that were maintained by strict brotherÂsister ...
... colony, Fig. 1-12 ''Cage and cage support, one of the older types used in The Wistar Institute Colony'' (Greenman and Duhring, 1923). (Courtesy of The Wistar Institute.) in addition to those that were maintained by strict brotherÂsister ...
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... Colony Building. The buckets on the floor to the right of the scrub tank had hinged lids and holes in the sides and were used in transporting small groups of rats around the Institute. (Courtesy of The Wistar Institute.) Fig. 1-15 Hand ...
... Colony Building. The buckets on the floor to the right of the scrub tank had hinged lids and holes in the sides and were used in transporting small groups of rats around the Institute. (Courtesy of The Wistar Institute.) Fig. 1-15 Hand ...
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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