The laboratory rat / edited by Mark A. Suckow, Steven H. Weisbroth, Craig L. Franklin.
| Other author | Suckow, Mark A. |
| Other author | Weisbroth, Steven H. |
| Other author | Franklin, Craig L. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, ©2006. |
| Description | xvi, 912 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series. ^A10617 |
| Contents | Historical foundations -- Ethical and legal perspectives -- Taxonomy and stocks and strains -- Morphophysiology -- Clinical pathology of the rat -- Reproduction and breeding -- Assisted reproductive technologies and genetic modifications in rats -- Analysis of behavior in laboratory rats -- Nutrition -- Housing and environment -- Bacterial, mycoplasmal and mycotic infections -- Viral disease -- Parasitic diseases -- Neoplastic disease -- Metabolic, traumatic, and miscellaneous diseases -- Medical management and diagnostic approaches -- Occupational and health and safety -- Experimental modeling and research methodology -- Anesthesia and anlagesia -- Euthanasia and necropsy -- Integrating biology with rat genomic tools -- Gnotobiotics -- Spontaneous, surgically and chemically induced models of disease -- The nude rat -- Gerontology and age-associated lesions -- Cardiovascular research -- Toxicology -- Embryology and teratology -- Immunology -- Wild and black rats. |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005015741 |
| ISBN | 0120749033 : |
| Standard identifier# | 9780120749033 |