| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 912 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series |
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American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series.
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| Contents |
Historical foundations / J. Russell Lindsey and Henry J. Baker -- Ethical and legal perspectives / Beverly J. Gnadt -- Taxonomy and stocks and strains / Hans J. Hedrich -- Morphophysiology / John Hofstetter, Mark A. Suckow, and Debra L. Hickman -- Clinical pathology of the rat / Bruce D. Car [and others] -- Reproduction and breeding / Jeffrey J. Lohmiller and Sonya P. Swing -- Assisted reproductive technologies and genetic modifications in rats / Yuksel Agca and John K. Critser -- Analysis of behavior in laboratory rats / Ian Q. Whishaw [and others] -- Nutrition / Sherry M. Lewis [and others] -- Housing and environment / Robert E. Faith and Jack R. Hessler -- Bacterial, mycoplasmal and mycotic infections / Steven H. Weisbroth, Dannis F. Kohn, and Ron Boot -- Viral disease / Robert O. Jacoby and Diane J. Gaertner -- Parasitic diseases / David G. Baker -- Neoplastic disease / Gary A. Boorman and Jeffrey I. Everitt -- Metabolic, traumatic, and miscellaneous diseases / William W. King and Steven P. Russell |
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Anesthesia and Surgery -- Assisted Reproduction -- Bacterial and Mycotic Disease -- Behavior and Behavioral Analysis -- Cardiovascular Research -- Embryology and Teratology -- Euthanasia and Necropsy -- Experimental Modeling and Research Methodology -- Gerontology and Age-Associated Lesions -- Gnotobiology -- Health Surveillance -- Hematology and Clinical Biochemistry -- Historical Foundations -- Housing and Environment -- Immunology -- Legal and Ethical Perspectives -- Medical Management and Diagnostic approaches -- Metabolic, Traumatic and Miscellaneous Disease -- Morphophysiology -- Neoplastic Disease -- Nutrition -- Occupational Health -- Parasitic Disease -- Reproduction and Breeding -- Spontaneous and Induced Mutants -- Taxonomy -- Toxicology -- Transgenics, Phenotyping and the Rat Genome -- Viral Disease -- Wild and Black Rats -- Wild and Miscellaneous "Rats." |
| Summary |
This 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. * At least 50% new information than first edition * Includes topics on rat genetics and genomics, occupational health, and experimental models * The premier source of information on the laboratory rat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rats as laboratory animals.
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Laboratory animals.
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Rats.
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Animals, Laboratory
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Rats
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MEDICAL -- Research.
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Rats
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Laboratory animals
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Rats as laboratory animals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Suckow, Mark A.
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Weisbroth, Steven H.
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Franklin, Craig L.
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| ISBN |
9780120749034 |
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0120749033 |
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0080454321 |
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9780080454320 |
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