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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Page 102
... increased capillary permeability during periods of increased secretory activity (Heap and Kiernan, 1973). Both the digestive and absorptive functions of the gastrointestinal tract hinge on processes that soften food, propel it along ...
... increased capillary permeability during periods of increased secretory activity (Heap and Kiernan, 1973). Both the digestive and absorptive functions of the gastrointestinal tract hinge on processes that soften food, propel it along ...
Page 110
... increased activity of both ubiquitous and renal cell-specific isoforms of the Naþ/Hþ exchanger and the Naþ-Kþ-2 ClÀ-cotransporter (Orlov et al., 1999); increased density of sympathetic innervation; differences in genetic control of ...
... increased activity of both ubiquitous and renal cell-specific isoforms of the Naþ/Hþ exchanger and the Naþ-Kþ-2 ClÀ-cotransporter (Orlov et al., 1999); increased density of sympathetic innervation; differences in genetic control of ...
Page 134
... increased to normal partial thromboplastin time (Stromberg et al., 1983a), likely a combined effect of hepatic dysfunction and consumptive coagulopathy. Characteristic changes in clinical chemistry include marked increases in conjugated ...
... increased to normal partial thromboplastin time (Stromberg et al., 1983a), likely a combined effect of hepatic dysfunction and consumptive coagulopathy. Characteristic changes in clinical chemistry include marked increases in conjugated ...
Page 135
... (increased reticulocytes) with an increased RDW. Occasionally, compounds that are oxidants cause increases in blood methemoglobin, either alone or in addition to Heinz body formation. Methemoglobin is reversibly oxidized hemoglobin (Fe ...
... (increased reticulocytes) with an increased RDW. Occasionally, compounds that are oxidants cause increases in blood methemoglobin, either alone or in addition to Heinz body formation. Methemoglobin is reversibly oxidized hemoglobin (Fe ...
Page 137
... increases in the activity of enzymes used to identify hepatocellular injury. 2. Cholestatic Disease Increased serum activities of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gGT), alkaline phosphatase, total bile acids, 50-nucleotidase (50NT) and ...
... increases in the activity of enzymes used to identify hepatocellular injury. 2. Cholestatic Disease Increased serum activities of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gGT), alkaline phosphatase, total bile acids, 50-nucleotidase (50NT) and ...
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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