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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... reported the production of sarcomas in rats fed tapeworm eggs. Bullock and Rohdenberg attempted to repeat Borrel's work, but failed. At about this time (1916), the group was joined by M. R. Curtis (Dunning, 1977). Maynie Rose Curtis ...
... reported the production of sarcomas in rats fed tapeworm eggs. Bullock and Rohdenberg attempted to repeat Borrel's work, but failed. At about this time (1916), the group was joined by M. R. Curtis (Dunning, 1977). Maynie Rose Curtis ...
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... reported in rats if they were housed on wire-bottom floors for more than a year (Peace et al., 2001). Conversely, Holson et al. (1991) studied adult rats housed long term in hanging cages and found no hormonal, neurochemical, or ...
... reported in rats if they were housed on wire-bottom floors for more than a year (Peace et al., 2001). Conversely, Holson et al. (1991) studied adult rats housed long term in hanging cages and found no hormonal, neurochemical, or ...
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... reported behavioral and adrenocortical evidence of an ''isolation stress syndrome'' in adult rats undergoing open field testing, which were reared singly from weaning to adulthood in hanging cages. However, upon reexamination of this ...
... reported behavioral and adrenocortical evidence of an ''isolation stress syndrome'' in adult rats undergoing open field testing, which were reared singly from weaning to adulthood in hanging cages. However, upon reexamination of this ...
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... reported (Baker, 1979). E. Pregnancy and Pregnancy Detection Conception rates of greater than 85% are reported in outbred stocks of rats, with slightly lower rates for inbred strains (Kohn and Clifford, 2002). Thus, detection of sperm ...
... reported (Baker, 1979). E. Pregnancy and Pregnancy Detection Conception rates of greater than 85% are reported in outbred stocks of rats, with slightly lower rates for inbred strains (Kohn and Clifford, 2002). Thus, detection of sperm ...
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... reported induction of transient stress as measured by blood pressure and heart rate, but the stress was not sufficient to alter the estrous cycle, regardless of the phase of the cycle the females were in at the time of exposure. E ...
... reported induction of transient stress as measured by blood pressure and heart rate, but the stress was not sufficient to alter the estrous cycle, regardless of the phase of the cycle the females were in at the time of exposure. E ...
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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