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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... reproductive technologies and the nude rat. Other new chapters signal subject areas of increasing importance, or represent, in the opinion of the Editors, subjects in the use of laboratory rats that merit compilation and updating of ...
... reproductive technologies and the nude rat. Other new chapters signal subject areas of increasing importance, or represent, in the opinion of the Editors, subjects in the use of laboratory rats that merit compilation and updating of ...
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... REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY The first known experimental use of rats in an endocrinologic study was an assessment of the effects of adrenalectomy in albino rats by the Frenchman, Philipeaux in 1856 (Philipeaux, 1856). This study was ...
... REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY The first known experimental use of rats in an endocrinologic study was an assessment of the effects of adrenalectomy in albino rats by the Frenchman, Philipeaux in 1856 (Philipeaux, 1856). This study was ...
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... reproductive physiology (Bennett, 1975; Friends of H. M. Evans, 1943; Gorski and Whalen, 1963). Fig. 1-25 Herbert McClean Evans and Joseph Abraham Long, 1945. These two investigators initiated the Long-Evans stock of rats at Berkeley ...
... reproductive physiology (Bennett, 1975; Friends of H. M. Evans, 1943; Gorski and Whalen, 1963). Fig. 1-25 Herbert McClean Evans and Joseph Abraham Long, 1945. These two investigators initiated the Long-Evans stock of rats at Berkeley ...
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... reproductive biology, toxicology, transplantation, and countless other fields,'' (Gill, 1985, 1989) all of which seems to be, at the very best, a major understatement! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Supported in part by research funds of the Veterans ...
... reproductive biology, toxicology, transplantation, and countless other fields,'' (Gill, 1985, 1989) all of which seems to be, at the very best, a major understatement! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Supported in part by research funds of the Veterans ...
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... reproductive status, age, social considerations, and health should be used to assess overall space needs. It has been demonstrated that although rats can thrive in relatively small spaces, it is the quality of the living space that has ...
... reproductive status, age, social considerations, and health should be used to assess overall space needs. It has been demonstrated that although rats can thrive in relatively small spaces, it is the quality of the living space that has ...
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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