The Mouse in Biomedical Research: Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models: 3 (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine): Volume 3 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123694574 ISBN 13: 9780123694577

Publisher: Academic Press, 2006

Synopsis

Presents an overview of laboratory mouse's normative biology, husbandry, and its use as a model in biomedical research. This book covers management, as well as nutrition, gnotobiotics and disease surveillance. It features chapters describing the mouse as a model for the study of aging, eye research, and neurodegenerative diseases.

About this title

About the Author:

James G. Fox, DVM, MS, DACLAM, is a Professor and Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine and a Professor in the Division of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Diplomate and a past president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, past president of the Massachusetts Society of Medical Research, past chairman of AAALAC Council, and past chairman of the NCCR/NIH Comparative Medicine Study Section. He also is an elected fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Professor Fox is the author of over 490 articles, 80 chapters, 3 patents and has edited and authored 13 texts in the field of in vivo model development and comparative medicine.

Synopsis:

"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 mouses 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0123694574
• ISBN 13: 9780123694577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 816
• Editor: Fox James G., Barthold Stephen, Davisson Muriel, Newcomer Christian E., Quimby Fred W., Smith Abigail