Specialized feeder designs facilitate the unique needs of various research projects, including a diet optimization feeder (Cover and Barron 1998) delivering a specified amount of ground diet to enhance animal survival on long-term ...
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The first part of this book retraces the biomedical history of early events and personalities involved in the establishment of rats as a leading laboratory animal. The taxonomy, genetics and inbred strains of rats are also elaborated.
All chapters were written by scientific and veterinary experts. This book condenses information from many sources on topics related to the care and use of rats in research. It is the premier source of information on the laboratory rat.
The Laboratory Rat
The Laboratory Rat: Research applications
This guide was created especially for individuals performing research with rats whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures involved with their research.
The third edition of The Laboratory Rat features updated information on a variety of topics, including rats as research models for basic and translational research in areas such as genomics, alcoholism, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity ...
... rats. In this regard, nitric oxide has been shown to promote relaxation of skeletal muscle through the cGMP pathway ... rat: the parotid gland; the submaxillary or submandibular salivary glands; and the sublingual glands. The parotid ...