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- 1From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis affinis) is a useful model for the study of sexual dimorphism and the neural circuits associated with sexual differentiation. This is largely because of its anal fin, which...
- 2From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIt is well known that female animals prefer to mate with heterozygous males. It remains unclear, however, whether females can identify heterozygosity by a specific genetic marker, or whether heterozygous males are more...
- 3From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedJUNE 2-4 Tribranch Symposium Atlantic City, NJ http://www.tribranch.org/ 4 Scientists Center for Animal Welfare: IACUC-Advanced Columbus, OH http://www.scaw.com/iacuc-advanced.htm 4-7 American College...
- 4From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe fat-tailed jird, a small North African rodent with a distinctive club-shaped tail, is a convenient research subject and an emerging model for Old World leishmaniasis. The authors present the natural history and...
- 5From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedMany animals, including humans, regularly consume clay and dirt. This is thought to be a way of supplementing a diet with essential nutrients such as sodium and calcium. A study led by Christian Voigt of the Leibniz...
- 6From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA new treatment for AIDS has shown promise in controlling the infection in macaques. The new technique is a form of immune therapy that uses the subject's own blood cells. Cells are exposed to proteins extracted from the...
- 7From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedUntil fairly recently, human activity was not thought to follow a particular pattern. Human actions are subject to personal decisions, and these are presumed to be too complex to predict reliably. Yet studies from the...
- 8From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedForce-feeding or syringe-feeding is a necessary skill in the care and maintenance of small herbivores. The ability to supply dietary energy to a rabbit, chinchilla or guinea pig is as important as the ability to...
- 9From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedTo the editors: I am writing to comment and expand on the physical principles governing carbon dioxide displacement rates for ferret euthanasia recently described by Fitzhugh and coworkers (1), where ferrets were...
- 10From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedOver a series of experiments, three adult PVG black hooded female rats weighing 240-250 g developed exophthalmos during anesthesia. We use the rats in studies of visual function, and our experiments last >10 h....
- 11From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedNew advances in molecular tagging may one day offer deeper insights into the development of diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Now in its infancy, the technique has been applied to tracking the development of...
- 12From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThough ketoprofen is commonly used in rodent surgical procedures, an optimal dosing regimen has not yet been established. The authors sought to refine ketoprofen dosage requirements in rats and to determine whether one...
- 13From: Lab Animal. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBoth the Animal Welfare Act regulations and the Public Health Service Policy make it clear that prior IACUC approval is required for research procedures using animals. Carrying out procedures that have not been approved...