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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... observed: The incidence of respiratory infections greatly increases when the following conditions exist in an animal colony: (a) the air in the room is stagnant and heavily laden with fumes from the excreta; Fig. 1-13 ''Cage and cage ...
... observed: The incidence of respiratory infections greatly increases when the following conditions exist in an animal colony: (a) the air in the room is stagnant and heavily laden with fumes from the excreta; Fig. 1-13 ''Cage and cage ...
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... observed between these different colored rats with respect to the oestrous cycle.'' B. Evans and The Institute of Experimental Biology In 1930, Evans was made Herzstein Professor of Biology and Director of the Institute of Experimental ...
... observed between these different colored rats with respect to the oestrous cycle.'' B. Evans and The Institute of Experimental Biology In 1930, Evans was made Herzstein Professor of Biology and Director of the Institute of Experimental ...
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... observed by Hunt and associates are attributable not to Mendelian factors, as originally thought, but to multiple factors, particularly microbial flora of the oral cavity and dietary factors (Larson et al., 1977; Navia, 1977) ...
... observed by Hunt and associates are attributable not to Mendelian factors, as originally thought, but to multiple factors, particularly microbial flora of the oral cavity and dietary factors (Larson et al., 1977; Navia, 1977) ...
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... observed behavioral effects. Although this method may serve as a starting point in the application of animal welfare principles and may provide subjective information to address in further investigations, it does not supply the ...
... observed behavioral effects. Although this method may serve as a starting point in the application of animal welfare principles and may provide subjective information to address in further investigations, it does not supply the ...
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... observed in singly housed rats on wire-bottom floors than solid-bottom floors, and multiply housed rats on wire-bottom floors had increased food consumption relative to multiply housed animals on solid-bottom floors (Rock et al., 1997) ...
... observed in singly housed rats on wire-bottom floors than solid-bottom floors, and multiply housed rats on wire-bottom floors had increased food consumption relative to multiply housed animals on solid-bottom floors (Rock et al., 1997) ...
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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