Papers

C. E. Manser, T. H. Morris, and D. M. Broom

An investigation into the effects of solid or grid cage flooring on the welfare of laboratory rats
Lab Anim 29(4): 353-363; doi:10.1258/002367795780740023 [Abstract] [PDF]  

S. N. Holmes, J. M. Riley, P. Juneau, D. Pyne, and G. L. Hofing

Short-term evaluation of a foraging device for non-human primates
Lab Anim 29(4): 364-369; doi:10.1258/002367795780740096 [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. P. Carey and J. P. Fry

Evaluation of animal welfare by the self-expression of an anxiety state
Lab Anim 29(4): 370-379; doi:10.1258/002367795780739999 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paula Hirsjärvi and Teuvo Väliaho

Effects of gentling on open-field behaviour of Wistar rats in fear-evoking test situation
Lab Anim 29(4): 380-384; doi:10.1258/002367795780739953 [Abstract] [PDF]  

F. Iglauer, C. Beig, J. Dimigen, S. Gerold, A. Gocht, A. Seeburg, S. Steier, and F. Willmann

Hereditary compulsive self-mutilating behaviour in laboratory rabbits
Lab Anim 29(4): 385-393; doi:10.1258/002367795780740140 [Abstract] [PDF]  

E. James Kehoe, Amanda J. Horne, Jennifer Kingham, Thomas Martin, and Wayne Roach

Acquisition of a conditioned reflex in New Zealand White rabbits from three sources
Lab Anim 29(4): 394-399; doi:10.1258/002367795780739962 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Erik Hexeberg, Sofie Hexeberg, Idar Hessevik, and Richard T. Fosse

Midazolam in combination with fentanyl/fluanisone and nitrous oxide as anaesthesia in rabbits-cardiovascular parameters
Lab Anim 29(4): 400-406; doi:10.1258/002367795780740069 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. C. Klapwyk, M. J. Pallett, and C. Roberts

An anaesthetic mask for use on guineapigs (Cavia porcellus) in a stereotaxic frame: technical note
Lab Anim 29(4): 407-410; doi:10.1258/002367795780740122 [Abstract] [PDF]  

K. Schaarschmidt, K. W. Paschertz, U. Stratmann, L. Ruprecht, G. H. Willital, and E. Unsü;ld

Tracheoesophageal anastomosis, continent gastrostomy and oesophagostomy-a new experimental model in minipiglets
Lab Anim 29(4): 411-419; doi:10.1258/002367795780740131 [Abstract] [PDF]  

L. P. Soldati, B. R. Barber, S. Salardi, I. Molinari, and G. Bianchi

A new rat model for studying the calpain-calpastatin system
Lab Anim 29(4): 420-426; doi:10.1258/002367795780740032 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. C. Toner, M. J. Underwood, S. J. Wright, G. J. Cooper, P. Reynolds, and P. S. Withington

The cerebral function monitor (CFM) is a useful addition to a bilateral carotid artery, vein graft model
Lab Anim 29(4): 427-431; doi:10.1258/002367795780740005 [Abstract] [PDF]  

D. Salauze and D. Cave

Choice of vehicle for three-month continuous intravenous toxicology studies in the rat: 0.9% saline versus 5% glucose
Lab Anim 29(4): 432-437; doi:10.1258/002367795780740087 [Abstract] [PDF]  

N. Claassen, H. Coetzer, D. H. van Papendorp, and M. C. Kruger

Direct determination of saturable and non-saturable calcium uptake in the developing rat duodenum
Lab Anim 29(4): 438-441; doi:10.1258/002367795780740104 [Abstract] [PDF]  

H. Kaneko, K. Iizuka, T. Morohashi, Y. Kokai, and J. Fujimoto

Non-phenotypic detection of osteopetrotic (op/op) mutation by using PCR-SSCP analysis
Lab Anim 29(4): 442-446; doi:10.1258/002367795780740014 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Allan Gaw, Francesco P. Mancini, and Shun Ishibashi

Rapid genotyping of low density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice using a polymerase chain reaction technique
Lab Anim 29(4): 447-449; doi:10.1258/002367795780739944 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. T. Rodgers

Practical aspects of milk collection in the rat
Lab Anim 29(4): 450-455; doi:10.1258/002367795780739980 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. van der Heijden, J. E. van Dijk, A. G. Lemmens, and A. C. Beynen

Spleen pigmentation in young C57BL mice is caused by accumulation of melanin
Lab Anim 29(4): 459-463; doi:10.1258/002367795780740113 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hiroo Madarame, Yoshinori Kashimoto, Tsuyoshi Kawamoto, Shinya Toyonaga, and Yoshihisa Hasegawa

Spontaneous rhabdomyosarcomas in aged Mastomys (Praomys coucha)
Lab Anim 29(4): 464-469; doi:10.1258/002367795780740078 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Short Communication

P. Gopalakrishnakone, J. Cheah, and M. C. E. Gwee

Black scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) as a laboratory animal: maintenance of a colony of scorpion for milking of venom for research, using a restraining device
Lab Anim 29(4): 456-458; doi:10.1258/002367795780740050 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Notes and comments

Notes and comments
Lab Anim 29(4): 470-472; doi:10.1258/002367795780740041 [PDF]  

Book Review

Douglas Stewart

Book Review
Lab Anim 29(4): 472; doi:10.1258/002367795780739971 [PDF]  

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