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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... contain contractile filaments containing actin, desmin, and vimentin (Aoki et al., 1995). This feature suggests that septal cells can contract and change the architecture of the air-blood barrier, thereby influencing the regulation of ...
... contain contractile filaments containing actin, desmin, and vimentin (Aoki et al., 1995). This feature suggests that septal cells can contract and change the architecture of the air-blood barrier, thereby influencing the regulation of ...
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... containing cumulus oocyte complexes (A), cumulus oocyte complexes (B), and cumulus cell free metaphase II Fig. 7-4 ... containing pre-warmed (37 C) Hepes-buffered Tyrode's lactate (TL-Hepes; Bavister et al., 1983) or M2 media containing ...
... containing cumulus oocyte complexes (A), cumulus oocyte complexes (B), and cumulus cell free metaphase II Fig. 7-4 ... containing pre-warmed (37 C) Hepes-buffered Tyrode's lactate (TL-Hepes; Bavister et al., 1983) or M2 media containing ...
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... containing TL-Hepes and washed three times in TL-Hepes prior to use. d. OVARY AND FOLLICLE ISOLATION. The ability to develop methodologies for the removal of ovarian tissue and the optimal isolation of various stages of follicles is a ...
... containing TL-Hepes and washed three times in TL-Hepes prior to use. d. OVARY AND FOLLICLE ISOLATION. The ability to develop methodologies for the removal of ovarian tissue and the optimal isolation of various stages of follicles is a ...
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... containing the highly motile sperm fraction. b. SPERM EVALUATION. Measures of sperm production, motility characteristics, and morphology are important predictors for the assessment of male fertility. Although some subjective semen ...
... containing the highly motile sperm fraction. b. SPERM EVALUATION. Measures of sperm production, motility characteristics, and morphology are important predictors for the assessment of male fertility. Although some subjective semen ...
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... containing 0.2 mg/ml pronase E. After centrifugation at 400 g for 5 minutes at 4 C, elongated spermatids and testicular spermatozoa that have agglutinated into sticky masses are discarded from the suspension. The remaining suspension ...
... containing 0.2 mg/ml pronase E. After centrifugation at 400 g for 5 minutes at 4 C, elongated spermatids and testicular spermatozoa that have agglutinated into sticky masses are discarded from the suspension. The remaining suspension ...
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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