Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits, Third Edition
Dean H. Percy, DVM, MSc, DACVP; Stephen W. Barthold, DVM, PhD, DACVP

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lab rodents

Last printed in 2001, this edition is a quality update of information, from disease to pharmacology, from genetics to nutrition and environment. The first section on the mouse is by far the largest topic in the book. There is a good section on the various strains of lab mice and their genetics and study expectations. The use of mice in the study of stem cells had made the mouse a popular study model. Also discussed are the rat, the guinea pig, the hamster, the gerbil, and the rabbit.

The book is liberally illustrated with almost 400 quality photos, microscope studies, and EM photos. The topics include viral infections, bacterial infections, parasites, nutritional/metabolic disorders, behavioral, aging, and degenerative disorders, environment-related disease, and neoplasms. There is also increased emphasis on genetically-engineered models and diseases.

This book is more laboratory-study oriented rather than geared toward the clinician, but there is much to be learned from the lab animal. Many of the rodents in the pet trade originated in lab stock, and a working knowledge of what they are doing in the labs will be useful in the clinic.

Blackwell/Wiley Publishers (2007).

Hardcover, 356 pages, 8.5" x 11" format.

ISBN: 9780813821016.


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Introduction
Alternative Medicine
Anatomy
Anesthesia/Analgesia
Animal Welfare
Aquatic/Fish
Avian
Behavior
Camelids
Canine
Cardiology
Client Education
Cytology / Hematology / Histology
Dental
Dermatology
Dictionary/Reference
Drugs/Pharmacology
Emergency Med
Endocrine
Epidemiology
Equine
Ethics
Exotics
Feline
Food Animals/Livestock
General
Genetics
Geriatrics
Handling & Restraint
Human-Animal Bond
Imaging & Radiology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Microbiology
Multimedia
Neurology
Nutrition
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Parasitology
Pathology
 
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* Handbook Urinalysis (VSPN Review)
 
* Lab. Vet. Tech. 5th Ed. (VSPN Review)
 
* Pathogenesis Bacterial Infection 3rd Ed.
 
* Vet. Forensics
 
Animal Abuse: Forensic
 
Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and Public Health (VSPN)
 
Blackwell Lab. Tests (VSPN Review)
 
Clinical Pathology
 
Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Techniques for Veterinary Technicians (VSPN)
 
Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team
 
Duncan & Prasse's Veterinary Laboratory Medicine Clinical Pathology, 5th ed
 
Equine Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Reproduction
 
Equine Clinical Pathology (VSPN)
 
Fundamental Clin. Path. 2nd Ed.
 
General Pathology Nurses (VSPN Review)
 
Intro. Vet. Comp. Forensic
 
Intro. Vet. Pathology 3rd Ed.
 
Kirkbride’s Diagnosis of Abortion and Neonatal Loss in Animals 4th (VSPN)
 
Lab. Urinalysis Hematology
 
You are herePath. Rod. Rabbit 3rd Ed.
 
Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease, 5th Ed.
 
Pathological Basis of Veterinary Disease, 5th Ed. (VSPN Review)
 
Pathology of Pet and Aviary Birds (VSPN)
 
Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2nd Ed.
 
Small Animal Pathology for Veterinary Technicians (VSPN)
 
Vet. Clin. Path. Intro.
 
* Lab. Profile SA 3rd Ed.
 
* Mechanisms of Disease 3rd Ed.
 
* Path. Rod. Rabbit 2nd Ed.
 
* Pathologic Basis 4th Ed. (VSPN Review)
 
* Pathology Pet Aviary
Pediatrics
Physiology
Physiotherapy
Practice Management
Primates
Rabbits, Rodents & Ferrets
Reproduction
Reptile/Amphibian
Research
Respiratory
Ruminants
Sheep/Goats
Shelter Medicine
Surgery
Swine
Technicians
Toxicology
Urology/Renal
Veterinary Education
Wildlife-Zoo Animals
Zoonoses

Date Published: September 8, 2008

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