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THIS book gives a clear and detailed description (with diagrams) of the housing, feeding, and behaviour of a colony of rats which has been in existence at the Wistar Institute for some twenty-four years. Thus the various points recommended are the result of much experimenting and long experience, which make them of real value, though some of the arrangements for housing appear to be unnecessarily elaborate. In addition, details of cages and water vessels, etc., in use and found suitable in other laboratories are given. Chapters on the parasites and diseases specially likely to attack the albino rat are also included. Special stress is laid on the advantages of ‘‘gentling the rats by frequent handling and of giving them opportunities for exercise, a point too often overlooked in breeding rats for experimental purposes. The importance, too, is emphasised of making full records of growth and fertility of the colony from time to time, so that any possible deterioration may be rectified.
Breeding and Care of the Albino Rat for Research Purposes.
By Milton J. Greenman F. Louise Duhring. Second edition. Pp. 121 + 6 plates. (Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1931.)
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Breeding and Care of the Albino Rat for Research Purposes. Nature 130, 189 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130189b0
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