Title	The laboratory rat [electronic resource] / edited by Mark A. Suckow, Steven H. Weisbroth, Craig L. Franklin
Imprint	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2006
Edition	2nd ed
Connect to	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120749034
Descript	xvi, 912 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

This 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

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"