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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... compared. Results of this study determined that stress parameters were reduced to a greater degree by social grouping in a smaller space rather than by providing animals a larger space (Sharp et al., 2003b). Conversely, other studies ...
... compared. Results of this study determined that stress parameters were reduced to a greater degree by social grouping in a smaller space rather than by providing animals a larger space (Sharp et al., 2003b). Conversely, other studies ...
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... compared with many other mammals. Ossification is incomplete until after rats are a year old (Strong, 1926). The dorsal segments of the ribs are usually calcified, so the rat lacks true costal cartilages. The clavicle and its associated ...
... compared with many other mammals. Ossification is incomplete until after rats are a year old (Strong, 1926). The dorsal segments of the ribs are usually calcified, so the rat lacks true costal cartilages. The clavicle and its associated ...
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... compared with about 75 m2 in a 70-kg man. This is consistent with the suggestion that smaller rodents have proportionately wider airways than do larger animals (Gomes et al., 2000). Relatively wider airways and a decline in airway ...
... compared with about 75 m2 in a 70-kg man. This is consistent with the suggestion that smaller rodents have proportionately wider airways than do larger animals (Gomes et al., 2000). Relatively wider airways and a decline in airway ...
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... compared to kidney and overall body weight are illustrated in Table 4-2. There are both long- and short-looped nephrons in the laboratory rat. The short-looped nephrons arise from the tufts in the middle and outer zone of the cortex ...
... compared to kidney and overall body weight are illustrated in Table 4-2. There are both long- and short-looped nephrons in the laboratory rat. The short-looped nephrons arise from the tufts in the middle and outer zone of the cortex ...
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... compared to adequately sized control groups. If at all possible, single animals from different groups should be selected on a rotating basis for sample collection. A progressively increasing serum Cl À concentration is noted when large ...
... compared to adequately sized control groups. If at all possible, single animals from different groups should be selected on a rotating basis for sample collection. A progressively increasing serum Cl À concentration is noted when large ...
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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