Deer Mice As Laboratory Animals

Fish , Amphibians and Reptiles Amphibians as Laboratory Animals

Amphibians include over 4,500 species within 3 major lineages---caecilians, salamanders, and anurans (Stebbins and Cohen 1995). These lineages are linked by several unique physiological traits. The most prominent is the indirect lifestyle of many amphibians--the aquatic gillbreathing larval stage and the aquatic or terrestrial lung or skin-breathing adult stage. A second feature of amphibians i...

White-Footed and Deer Mice

Literature Related to Laboratory Animals

red: morph-specific contest success and survival rates in a colour polymorphic agamid lizard. Animal Behaviour 74:337-341. in females is also lateralized: left-eye bias during aggressive courtship rejection in lizards. Assessment in contests of male lizards (Anolis carolinensis): how should smaller males respond when size matters? Animal Behaviour 69:1325-1336.

Allergy to laboratory animals in laboratory technicians and animal keepers.

The prevalence of allergy to laboratory animals (LAA) was investigated in laboratory technicians and animal keepers. In a questionnaire 41 of 101 technicians reported symptoms provoked by work with laboratory animals. On clinical investigation 30 were found to have symptoms and signs related to contact with animals, and allergy was confirmed by radioallergosorbent tests (RAST) and skin tests in...

A Review of Mycoplasma in Laboratory Mice

Mycoplasma are small, cell-free bacteria enclosed by a membrane. These bacteria belong to the class of Mollicutes, the order of Mycoplasma tales, and the genus of Mycoplasma. There are more than 100 identified species of mycoplasma. The ratio of cytosine to guanine in its DNA is 23–40% and its genome size is 1350–600 kb. Mycoplasma require cholesterol to grow, and the temperature su...