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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... rodents free of adventitious pathogens in the research environment'' (Hessler, 1999). Lisbeth M. Kraft (1920–2002) ... rodent facilities (barrier facilities) emerged and became commonplace (Foster, 1959). In retrospect, Henry Foster ...
... rodents free of adventitious pathogens in the research environment'' (Hessler, 1999). Lisbeth M. Kraft (1920–2002) ... rodent facilities (barrier facilities) emerged and became commonplace (Foster, 1959). In retrospect, Henry Foster ...
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... rodents and lagomorphs of known genetic characteristics - maintained to provide a defined source of breeders.'' It included ''foundation colonies of inbred and congenic strains and nucleus colonies of outbred and mutant stocks of rodents ...
... rodents and lagomorphs of known genetic characteristics - maintained to provide a defined source of breeders.'' It included ''foundation colonies of inbred and congenic strains and nucleus colonies of outbred and mutant stocks of rodents ...
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... rodents. Lab. Anim. Sci. 30, 793–798. Friends of H.M. Evans (1943). Herbert M. Evans—Biographical sketch and Bibliography of Herbert McLean Evans (1804–1902). In ''Essays in Biology in Honor of Herbert M. Evans.'' pp ix-x and xii-xxvii ...
... rodents. Lab. Anim. Sci. 30, 793–798. Friends of H.M. Evans (1943). Herbert M. Evans—Biographical sketch and Bibliography of Herbert McLean Evans (1804–1902). In ''Essays in Biology in Honor of Herbert M. Evans.'' pp ix-x and xii-xxvii ...
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... rodents. The phylogenetic relationships of murids among themselves and with other rodents (Fig. 3-2) have proved to be rather complex, based on comparative morphology and traditional classification, and is somewhat controversial (Musser ...
... rodents. The phylogenetic relationships of murids among themselves and with other rodents (Fig. 3-2) have proved to be rather complex, based on comparative morphology and traditional classification, and is somewhat controversial (Musser ...
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... rodents and typically feed semicontinuously when they are active at night. They are coprophagous, that is, some part of the orally ingested food and its metabolites remain in the feces to be reingested (Senoo, 2000). A healthy, 400-g ...
... rodents and typically feed semicontinuously when they are active at night. They are coprophagous, that is, some part of the orally ingested food and its metabolites remain in the feces to be reingested (Senoo, 2000). A healthy, 400-g ...
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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