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The Laboratory Rat

A volume in American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Book • Third Edition2019

Edited by:

Mark A. Suckow, F. Claire Hankenson, ... Patricia L. Foley

The Laboratory Rat

A volume in American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Book • Third Edition2019

 

Cover for The Laboratory Rat

Edited by:

Mark A. Suckow, F. Claire Hankenson, ... Patricia L. Foley

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    Pages 1135-1162

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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, neuroscience, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, regenerative medicine, and infectious disease. New information related to the husbandry and veterinary care of rats is provided including topics related to nutrition, reproduction, anesthesia and surgery, infectious and noninfectious disease, and the care of surgical and other fragile models. It is a premier source of information on the laboratory rat, this book will be of interest to veterinary and medical students, senior graduate students, postdocs and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical 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, neuroscience, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, regenerative medicine, and infectious disease. New information related to the husbandry and veterinary care of rats is provided including topics related to nutrition, reproduction, anesthesia and surgery, infectious and noninfectious disease, and the care of surgical and other fragile models. It is a premier source of information on the laboratory rat, this book will be of interest to veterinary and medical students, senior graduate students, postdocs and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research.

Key Features

  • New chapters on the care of surgical and fragile models and on the use of rats in research areas such as alcoholism, regenerative medicine, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and others are included.
  • 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.
  • New chapters on the care of surgical and fragile models and on the use of rats in research areas such as alcoholism, regenerative medicine, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and others are included.
  • 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.

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ISBN

978-0-12-814338-4

Language

English

Published

2019

Copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Imprint

Academic Press

Editors

Mark A. Suckow

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

F. Claire Hankenson

Campus Animal Resources & Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States

Ronald P. Wilson

Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States

Patricia L. Foley

Division of Comparative Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States