The Laboratory Rat

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Mark 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.
  • At least 50% new information than first edition
  • Includes topics on rat genetics and genomics, occupational health, and experimental models
  • The premier source of information on the laboratory rat

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Contents

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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About the author (2005)

Mark Suckow received his DVM from the University of Wisconsin in 1987 and subsequently completed a post-doctoral residency in laboratory animal medicine at the University of Michigan in 1990. He spent 8 years as a clinical laboratory animal veterinarian at Purdue University and then 17 years at the University of Notre Dame where he served as Director of the Freimann Life Science Center and later as Associate Vice President for Research Compliance. Prior to coming to the University of Kentucky, he was Professor of Veterinary Population Medicine and Director, Research Animal Resources at the University of Minnesota. With an interest in cancer models, biomaterials models, and vaccines, Dr. Suckow has functioned as an independent and collaborative investigator and has published in refereed journals and has seven issued patents related to vaccine adjuvants and cancer vaccines. He has written or edited over 20 books on topics related to research and laboratory animal medicine. Further, he served as the 2006 President of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science and the 2011 President of the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners; and currently he serves on the AVMA Council on Research and is a member of the Council on Accreditation of AAALAC, International.

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