The Laboratory Rat

Anesthesia and Surgery Assisted Reproduction Bacterial and Mycotic Disease Behavior and Behavioral Analysis Cardiovascular Research Embryology and Teratology Euthanasia and Necropsy Experimental Modeling and Research Methodology Gerontology and Age-Associated Lesions Gnotobiology Health Surveillance Hematology and Clinical Biochemistry Historical Foundations Housing and Environment Immunology Legal and Ethical Perspectives Medical Management and Diagnostic approaches Metabolic, Traumatic and Miscellaneous Disease Morphophysiology Neoplastic Disease Nutrition Occupational Health Parasitic Disease Reproduction and Breeding Spontaneous and Induced Mutants Taxonomy Toxicology Transgenics, Phenotyping and the Rat Genome Viral Disease Wild and Black Rats Wild and Miscellaneous "Rats"

The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition features updated information on a variety of topics including: rat genetics and genomics, both spontaneous and induced disease; state-of-the-art technology for housing and husbandry; occupational health, and experimental models. A premier source of information on the laboratory rat that will be of interest to veterinary and medical students, senior graduate, graduate students, post-docs and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research.

• At least 50% new information than first edition
• Includes topics on rat genetics and genomics, occupational health, and experimental models
• The premier source of information on the laboratory rat

Veterinary and medical students, graduate and post-doctorate students and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research