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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... indicate that albinos were moved from such pounds and kept for show purposes and/or 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 ...
... indicate that albinos were moved from such pounds and kept for show purposes and/or 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 ...
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... indicates that the disease known as ''ringtail'' had been eliminated by maintaining the animal rooms at 50% or greater relative humidity (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). In 1928, the Wistar Institute was given a 150-acre ...
... indicates that the disease known as ''ringtail'' had been eliminated by maintaining the animal rooms at 50% or greater relative humidity (Annual Reports of the Director, 1911–1956). In 1928, the Wistar Institute was given a 150-acre ...
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... indicate areas of noncompliance, the FDA will review the findings and, depending on the degree of severity, may issue a warning, reject a study, disqualify an institution as a study site, or revoke a permit. 6. Guide for the Care and ...
... indicate areas of noncompliance, the FDA will review the findings and, depending on the degree of severity, may issue a warning, reject a study, disqualify an institution as a study site, or revoke a permit. 6. Guide for the Care and ...
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... indicate the number of backcross generations as well as the number of brother sister generations following the intercross (e.g., N10F7), or the equivalent thereof (see Green, 1981b; Silver, 1995; Snell, 1978). Descriptions of speed ...
... indicate the number of backcross generations as well as the number of brother sister generations following the intercross (e.g., N10F7), or the equivalent thereof (see Green, 1981b; Silver, 1995; Snell, 1978). Descriptions of speed ...
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... indicate that they may be involved in producing local vasodilatation and increased capillary permeability during periods of increased secretory activity (Heap and Kiernan, 1973). Both the digestive and absorptive functions of the ...
... indicate that they may be involved in producing local vasodilatation and increased capillary permeability during periods of increased secretory activity (Heap and Kiernan, 1973). Both the digestive and absorptive functions of the ...
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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