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 105
... liver. The rat pancreas is not a singular mass but is diffuse and extends from the end of the duodenal loop to the left into the gastrosplenic omentum. The number of pancreatic ducts varies from 15 to 40, and all ducts open into the ...
... liver. The rat pancreas is not a singular mass but is diffuse and extends from the end of the duodenal loop to the left into the gastrosplenic omentum. The number of pancreatic ducts varies from 15 to 40, and all ducts open into the ...
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... liver: A, Median or cystic; B, Right or lateral; C, Left; and D, Caudate. The liver is divided into four major lobes: the median or cystic lobe, which bears a deep fissure; the right lateral lobe, which is partially divided into cranial ...
... liver: A, Median or cystic; B, Right or lateral; C, Left; and D, Caudate. The liver is divided into four major lobes: the median or cystic lobe, which bears a deep fissure; the right lateral lobe, which is partially divided into cranial ...
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... liver weights that are 25% to 30% greater than normal, although increases as great as 100% may be observed. Though not experimentally established, compound-induced hepatocellular hypertrophy has been suggested as a cause for increases ...
... liver weights that are 25% to 30% greater than normal, although increases as great as 100% may be observed. Though not experimentally established, compound-induced hepatocellular hypertrophy has been suggested as a cause for increases ...
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... liver sinusoidal cells. An enzyme cytochemical study. Histochemistry 89, 357–363. Dodds, W.J. (1997). Hemostasis. In ''Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals, 5th edition.'' (JJ. Kaneko, JW. Harvey, and M.L. Bruss, eds.), pp 246–247 ...
... liver sinusoidal cells. An enzyme cytochemical study. Histochemistry 89, 357–363. Dodds, W.J. (1997). Hemostasis. In ''Clinical Biochemistry of Domestic Animals, 5th edition.'' (JJ. Kaneko, JW. Harvey, and M.L. Bruss, eds.), pp 246–247 ...
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... liver are not affected by an induced acute phase response. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 60, 108–114. Nakhooda, A.F., Like, A.A., Chappel, C.I., Murray, F.T., and Marliss, E.B. (1977). The spontaneously diabetic Wistar rat. Metabolic and ...
... liver are not affected by an induced acute phase response. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 60, 108–114. Nakhooda, A.F., Like, A.A., Chappel, C.I., Murray, F.T., and Marliss, E.B. (1977). The spontaneously diabetic Wistar rat. Metabolic and ...
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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