The laboratory rat. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Editors: Suckow, Mark A; Hankenson, F. Claire, 1971-; Wilson, Ronald P; Foley, Patricia L
• Contents: Background of the laboratory rat 1. Historical Foundations 2. Origins and Taxonomy 3. Translational Potential of Rats in Research Biology and care 4. Functional Anatomy and Physiology of the Rat 5. Clinical Pathology 6. Reproduction and Breeding 7. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Genetic Modification in Rats 8. Behavior and Behavioral Analysis of Rats 9. Nutrition 10. Housing, Care, and Environment Clinical care and disease 11. Medical Management and Diagnostic Approaches 12. Bacterial, Mycoplasmal, and Mycotic Pathogens 13. Viral Pathogens 14. Parasites 15. Neoplastic Disease 16. Metabolic, Traumatic, and Miscellaneous Disease 17. Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Euthanasia 18. Care for Surgical and Other Fragile Models Rats as research models 19. General Experimental Techniques 20. Integrating Biology with Rat Genomic Tools 21. Gnotobiotics and the Microbiome 22. Toxicology 23. Embryology and Teratology 24. Immunology 25. Cardiovascular Research 26. Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Research 27. Rat Models of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity 28. Use of Rats in Neuroscience 29. Rat Models of Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury 30. Use of Rats in Regenerative Medicine Research 31. Rat models of Infectious Disease
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.02733; Rats as laboratory animals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128143391
• Related ISBNs: 9780128143384
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