The Mouse in Biomedical Research
：Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models
( 2 )
Publication subTitle ：Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models
Publication series ：2
Author： Fox James G.;Barthold Stephen;Davisson Muriel
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2006
E-ISBN: 9780080469072
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780123694577
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780123694577
Subject： R-332 Medical Experiments Zoology
Language： ENG
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Description
Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models, the third volume in the four volume set, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, encompasses 23 chapters whose contents provide a broad overview on the laboratory mouse’s normative biology, husbandry, and its use as a model in biomedical research. This consists of chapters on behavior, physiology, reproductive physiology, anatomy, endocrinology, hematology, and clinical chemistry. Other chapters cover management, as well as nutrition, gnotobiotics and disease surveillance. There are also individual chapters describing the mouse as a model for the study of aging, eye research, neurodegenerative diseases, convulsive disorders, diabetes, and cardiovascular and skin diseases. Chapters on imaging techniques and the use of the mouse in assays of biological products are also included.
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