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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... NUTRITION AND BIOCHEMISTRY The Norway rat probably was first used as an experimental animal in a few nutrition studies conducted in Europe prior to 1850. Its popularity for this purpose continued upward as it was used increasingly in ...
... NUTRITION AND BIOCHEMISTRY The Norway rat probably was first used as an experimental animal in a few nutrition studies conducted in Europe prior to 1850. Its popularity for this purpose continued upward as it was used increasingly in ...
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... nutrition research project using cows, he became convinced that ''the most promising approach to the study of nutritional requirements of animals was through experimenting with small animals fed simplified diets composed of purified ...
... nutrition research project using cows, he became convinced that ''the most promising approach to the study of nutritional requirements of animals was through experimenting with small animals fed simplified diets composed of purified ...
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... nutrition research generally. This is a serious mistake, because the new trail he blazed with the rat directly opened a new era of discovery in nutrition and biochemistry, an era of unprecedented advancement spanning the period from ...
... nutrition research generally. This is a serious mistake, because the new trail he blazed with the rat directly opened a new era of discovery in nutrition and biochemistry, an era of unprecedented advancement spanning the period from ...
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... nutrition research. (Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.) Mendel was the model university professor. He ... nutrition research, and this prompted subsequent investigators in the field to house their rats on wire floors ...
... nutrition research. (Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine.) Mendel was the model university professor. He ... nutrition research, and this prompted subsequent investigators in the field to house their rats on wire floors ...
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... nutrition research, including C. M. McCay and L. A. Maynard at Cornell, and H. C. Sherman, T. F. Zucker, and L. M. Zucker at Columbia University (Heston et al, 1953; Zucker, 1953). A subline established at Vanderbilt University in 1927 ...
... nutrition research, including C. M. McCay and L. A. Maynard at Cornell, and H. C. Sherman, T. F. Zucker, and L. M. Zucker at Columbia University (Heston et al, 1953; Zucker, 1953). A subline established at Vanderbilt University in 1927 ...
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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