The laboratory mouse / edited by Hans H. Hedrich and Gillian Bullock. -- (The Handbook of experimental animals). -- Elsevier, 2004. -- (59.191938/L123) |
Contents
Contents: 1. Origin of the Laboratory Mouse and Related Subspecies 3 2. Historical Foundations 15 3. Strains, Stocks, and Mutant Mice 25 4. Mouse Genomics 47 5. Generation of Mouse Mutants by Sequence Information Driven and Random Mutagenesis 85 6. The Mouse as an Animal Model for Human Diseases 97 7. The Mouse in Preclinical Safety Studies 111 8. Gross Anatomy 117 9. Normative Histology of Organs 133 10. Imaging 167 11. Introduction to Early Mouse Development 175 12. Skin and Adnexa of the Laboratory Mouse 195 13. the Cardiovascular System 207 14. Respiratory Tract 225 15. gastrointestinal System and Metabolism 245 16. Inbred Mouse Models for autoimmune Disease 261 17. Hematology of the Mouse 271 18. The social Behaviour of Mice and its Sensory Control 287 19. Neuroendocrine-Immune Network in Stress 301 20. Circadian Rhythms of the Mouse 311 21. Gerontology 327 22. Diversity of Spontaneous Neoplasms in Commonly Used Inbred Strains and Stocks of Laboratory Mice 345 23. Viral Infections 357 24. Housing and Maintenasce 395 25. Gnotobiology and Breeding Techniques 409 26. Assisted Reproduction and Cryopreservation 435 27. Health Monitoring 449 28. Nutrition of Laboratory Mice 463 29. Legal Regulations for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Experiments 483 30. Necropsy Methods 495 31. Handling and Restraint 517 32. Routes of Administration 527 33. Collection of Body Fluids 543 34. Anesthesia, Analgesia and Euthanasia 555 |
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