The Laboratory Rat

3rd Edition - November 10, 2019
Editors: Mark A. Suckow, F. Claire Hankenson, Ronald P. Wilson, Patricia L. Foley
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 4 3 3 8 - 4
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 4 3 3 9 - 1

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 suc… Read more

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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.

Mark A. Suckow

Mark Suckow received his DVM from the University of Wisconsin in 1987 and subsequently completed a post-doctoral residency in laboratory animal medicine at the University of Michigan in 1990. He spent 8 years as a clinical laboratory animal veterinarian at Purdue University and then 17 years at the University of Notre Dame where he served as Director of the Freimann Life Science Center and later as Associate Vice President for Research Compliance. Prior to coming to the University of Kentucky, he was Professor of Veterinary Population Medicine and Director, Research Animal Resources at the University of Minnesota. With an interest in cancer models, biomaterials models, and vaccines, Dr. Suckow has functioned as an independent and collaborative investigator and has published in refereed journals and has seven issued patents related to vaccine adjuvants and cancer vaccines. He has written or edited over 20 books on topics related to research and laboratory animal medicine. Further, he served as the 2006 President of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science and the 2011 President of the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners; and currently he serves on the AVMA Council on Research and is a member of the Council on Accreditation of AAALAC, International.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Vice President for Research, Attending Veterinarian, University of Kentucky, USA.

F. Claire Hankenson

F. Claire Hankenson, DVM, MS, is the Director of MSU Campus Animal Resources and Attending Veterinarian at the Michigan State University. Research interests are refinements in the case and use of animals involved in research studies, particularly rodent clinical medicine, tail biopsy evaluations and humane endpoints.

Affiliations and expertise

Director, MSU Campus Animal Resources, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Ronald P. Wilson

Ronald P. Wilson, VMA, MS, DACLAM, is the Professor and Chair of Comparative Medicine at Pennsylvania State University. Research interests are related to experimental surgery, pain, analgesia and anesthesia of laboratory animals.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and Chair, Department of Comparative Medicine, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

Patricia L. Foley

Patricia L. Foley, DVM, DCLAM, is the Director, Division of Comparative Medicine at Georgetown University.

Affiliations and expertise

Director, Division of Comparative Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA