Description
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. 1,182 p.
Series: American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
- Mark A. Suckow, Editor. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (USA).
- F. Claire Hankenson, Editor. Campus Animal Resources & Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation. College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (USA).
- Ronald P. Wilson, Editor. Departement of Comparative Medicine, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA (USA).Et al…
- Publication date (digital version): 2019-11 – Academic Press (imprint of Elsevier); Copyright © 2020 by Elsevier Inc.
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