Germfree and gnotobiotic animal models : background and applications /: background and applications. ([2020?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bernard S. Wostmann.
• Other Names: Wostmann, Bernard S
• Contents: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- The Author -- Table of Contents -- Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Early Growth, Body Weight, Reproduction, and Life Span -- General Aspects -- Growth -- Body Weight of the Mature Animal -- Reproduction -- Life Span -- Conclusions -- Chapter III: Anatomy, Morphology, and Function of the Gastrointestinal System -- General Aspects -- Stomach -- Small Intestine -- Cecum -- Large Intestine -- Conclusions -- Chapter IV: Morphology and Physiology, Endocrinology and Biochemistry -- General Aspects -- Energy Metabolism -- Liver Function Cholesterol and Bile Acid Metabolism -- Rats and Mice -- Gerbils -- Dogs and Pigs -- Other Indicators of Function -- Water Balance and Kidney Function -- Mineral Metabolism -- Endocrine System -- Conclusions -- Chapter V: Nutrition -- General Aspects -- Early Rat and Mouse Diets -- Hand-Feeding of the Cesarian-Derived Newborn -- Solid Diets -- Further Development of Rat and Mouse Diets -- Sterilization of Solid Diets -- Metabolic Requirements of Germfree Rats and Germfree Mice -- Contributions of the Microflora -- Dietary Energy Requirements -- Proteins and Amino Acids Vitamin B Complex -- Microflora Production -- Fat-Soluble Vitamins -- Minerals -- Inositol, Ubiquinone, and Queuine -- Chapter VI: The Chemically Defined Diet -- General Aspects -- Development of the Chemically Defined Diet -- Procedures -- Present Status -- Dietary Antigenicity and Immune Potential -- Chapter VII: Immunology, Including Radiobiology and Transplantation -- General Aspects -- Early Studies: Immune Potential of Germfree Rats and Mice Maintained on Solid Diets -- Antibody-Forming Potential -- Phagocytosis -- B Cells, T Cells, and NK Cells -- Immune Globulins -- Natural Antibody Cytokinins -- Radiation Biology and Bone Marrow Transplantation -- Immunological Evaluation of GF Mice Maintained on a Chemically Defined, Low Molecular Weight Antigen-free Diet -- Conclusions -- Chapter VIII: Parasitology -- General Aspects -- Effects of the Microflora Via Nutrient Availability and the Immune System -- Protozoa -- Nematodes -- Helminths -- Schistosomiasis and Chagas Disease -- Cestodes -- Chapter IX: Pathology Over the Life Span of the Germfree Rat and the Germfree Mouse -- General Aspects -- Tumors and Tumor-Related Viruses -- Conclusions Chapter X: Applications: Past, Present, and Future. Part I -- Introduction -- Microbial Action and Interaction in Gnotobiotic Systems. Colonization Resistance and Translocation Studies -- Controlled Microbial Association -- Monoassociation -- Microbial Interaction -- Bacteria-Yeast Interaction -- Colonization Resistance -- Materials With Antimicrobial Action -- Translocation Studies -- Chapter XI: Applications: Past, Present, and Future. Part II. Use of the Gnotobiote in the Study of Disease -- The Aging Syndrome -- Endpoint Studies -- Lobund Aging Study -- Cancer Research
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (189 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 619; Laboratory animals; Germfree animals; Diseases -- Animal models; Germfree life; Germ-Free Life; Animals, Laboratory; Disease Models, Animal; Animaux de laboratoire; Animaux axéniques; Maladies -- Modèles animaux; Gnotobiologie; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General; Germfree life; Diseases -- Animal models; Germfree animals; Laboratory animals; Gnotobiotische Tiere; Tierversuch; Proefdieren; Gnotobiotica
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429610899; 0429610890
• Related ISBNs: 084934008X; 9780849340086
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.