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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... Strains . . . . . . 32 D. The Oldest Rat Stock and the PAR/Lou Strain . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 THE LABORATORY RAT ... Strains . . 1 1. Historical Foundations.
... Strains . . . . . . 32 D. The Oldest Rat Stock and the PAR/Lou Strain . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 THE LABORATORY RAT ... Strains . . 1 1. Historical Foundations.
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... strain). Many other modern strains of rats (Table 1-1) take their origin from this and other stocks at the Wistar (Billingham and Silvers, 1959). For example, the Lewis (LEW) strain was produced from animals selected and inbred at ...
... strain). Many other modern strains of rats (Table 1-1) take their origin from this and other stocks at the Wistar (Billingham and Silvers, 1959). For example, the Lewis (LEW) strain was produced from animals selected and inbred at ...
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... strains of rats, and further, that these strains should be selected for variations in visible characteristics that might be related (linked?) in some way to the incidence of cancer (Dunning, 1977). In 1919 (Bullock and Curtis, 1930) ...
... strains of rats, and further, that these strains should be selected for variations in visible characteristics that might be related (linked?) in some way to the incidence of cancer (Dunning, 1977). In 1919 (Bullock and Curtis, 1930) ...
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... STRAINS OF RATS ORIGINATED AT THE CROCKER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Generations of Strain Date of first mating brotherĀsister matings in 1953a Fischer 230 Sept. 1920 49 Fischer 344 Sept. 1920 51 Zimmerman 61 June 1920 56 ...
... STRAINS OF RATS ORIGINATED AT THE CROCKER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Generations of Strain Date of first mating brotherĀsister matings in 1953a Fischer 230 Sept. 1920 49 Fischer 344 Sept. 1920 51 Zimmerman 61 June 1920 56 ...
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... strain, he simply combined the maiden name (Sprague) of his first wife and his own name to form Sprague-Dawley. He ... Strains In 1937, at the suggestion of Morris Steggarda of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, H. R. Hunt, C. A. ...
... strain, he simply combined the maiden name (Sprague) of his first wife and his own name to form Sprague-Dawley. He ... Strains In 1937, at the suggestion of Morris Steggarda of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, H. R. Hunt, C. A. ...
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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