The Laboratory Rat THE LABORATORY RAT E D I T E D B Y Mark A. Suckow Steven H. Weisbroth Craig L. Franklin UniversityofNotreDame Anmed/Biosafe UniversityofMissouri-Columbia AMSTERDAM (cid:1) BOSTON (cid:1) HEIDELBERG (cid:1) LONDON (cid:1) NEW YORK (cid:1) OXFORD PARIS (cid:1) SAN DIEGO (cid:1) SAN FRANCISCO (cid:1) SINGAPORE (cid:1) SYDNEY (cid:1) TOKYO FocalPressisanimprintofElsevier ElsevierAcademicPress 30CorporateDrive,Suite400,Burlington,MA01803,USA 525BStreet,Suite1900,SanDiego,California92101-4495,USA 84Theobald’sRoad,LondonWC1X8RR,UK Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper. Copyright(cid:1)2006,ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmitted inanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical, includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorage andretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. 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SF407.R38L342005 616’.02733–dc22 2005015741 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN13:978-0-12-074903-3 ISBN10:0-12-074903-3 ForallinformationonallElsevierAcademicPresspublications visitourWebsiteatwww.books.elsevier.com PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 05 06 07 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Working together to grow libraries in developing countries www.elsevier.com | www.bookaid.com | www.sabre.com Contents ListofContributors vii Preface xi Foreword xiii 1. Historical Foundations 1 9. Nutrition 219 J. Russell Lindsey and Henry J. Baker Sherry M. Lewis, Duane E. Ullrey, Dennis E. Barnard, and Joseph J. Knapka 2. Ethical and Legal Perspectives 53 10. Housing and Environment 303 Beverly J. Gnadt Robert E. Faith and Jack R. Hessler 3. Taxonomy and Stocks and Strains 71 11. Bacterial, Mycoplasmal and Mycotic Infections 339 Hans J. Hedrich Steven H. Weisbroth, Dennis F. Kohn, and Ron Boot 4. Morphophysiology 93 John Hofstetter, Mark A. Suckow, and 12. Viral Disease 423 Debra L. Hickman Robert O. Jacoby and Diane J. Gaertner 5. Clinical Pathology of the Rat 127 13. Parasitic Diseases 453 Bruce D. Car, Vicki M. Eng, Nancy E. Everds, and Denise I. Bounous David G. Baker 6. Reproduction and Breeding 147 14. Neoplastic Disease 479 Jeffrey J. Lohmiller and Sonya P. Swing Gary A. Boorman and Jeffrey I. Everitt 7. Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Genetic 15. Metabolic, Traumatic, and Miscellaneous Modifications in Rats 165 Diseases 513 Yuksel Agca and John K. Critser William W. King and Steven P. Russell 8. Analysis of Behavior in Laboratory Rats 191 16. Medical Management and Diagnostic Approaches 547 Ian Q. Whishaw, Forrest Haun, Valerie Bergdall, and Bryan Kolb Glen Otto and Craig L. Franklin v vi CONTENTS 17. Occupational Health and Safety 565 24. The Nude Rat 733 Sanford H. Feldman and David N. Easton Martha A. Hanes 18. Experimental Modeling and Research 25. Gerontology and Age-Associated Lesions 761 Methodology 587 Nancy L. Nadon Michael A. Koch 26. Cardiovascular Research 773 19. Anesthesia and Analgesia 627 Peter G. Anderson, Sanford P. Bishop, George A. Vogler and J. Thomas Peterson 20. Euthanasia and Necropsy 665 27. Toxicology 803 Jeffrey I. Everitt and Thomas E. Hamm, Mary Ann Vasbinder, Elizabeth A. Gross and Angela King-Herbert 21. Integrating Biology with Rat 28. Embryology and Teratology 817 Genomic Tools 679 Carol Erb Carol Moreno-Quinn and Howard J. Jacob 29. Immunology 847 Veronica Jennings and Dirck Dillehay 22. Gnotobiotics 693 Philip B. Carter and Henry L. Foster 30. Wild and Black Rats 865 Marc Hulin and Robert Quinn 23. Spontaneous, Surgically and Chemically Induced Models of Disease 711 Appendix 883 Dwight R. Owens SubjectIndex 885 List of Contributors YUKSEL AGCA (7), Comparative Medicine Center, College JOHN K. CRITSER (7), Comparative Medicine Center, of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, 1600 College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, East Rollins Road, Columbia, MO 65211 1600 East Rollins Road, Columbia, MO 65211 PETER G. ANDERSON (26), Department of Pathology, DIRCK DILLEHAY (29), Division of Animal Resources, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1670 University Emory University School of Medicine, Whitehead Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294-0019 Biomedical Research Building, 615 Michael Street, Suite GO2, Atlanta, GA 30322 HENRY J. BAKER (1), Scott-Ritchey Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, DAVID N. EASTON (17), MPH, CIH, NW Regional Auburn, AL 36849 Industrial Hygienist Northwest Regional Emergency Preparedness and Response Team, Virginia Department DAVID G. BAKER (13), Division of Laboratory Animal of Health, 671 Berkmar Court, Charlottesville, VA Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana 22901 State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 DENNIS E. BARNARD (9), NIH/ORS/DIRS/VRP, Building VICKI M. ENG (5), Princeton University, 1-S-15 Green 14G, Room 106A, Bethesda, MD 20892-5590 Hall, Princeton, NJ 08530 VALERIE BERGDALL (8), ULAR Department of Veterinary CAROL ERB (28), Pfizer, Inc., Global Research and Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University, Development, Drug Safety Evaluation, 2800 Plymouth 400 W. 12th, Room 115, Columbus, OH 43210 Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 SANFORD P. BISHOP (26), Department of Pathology, NANCY E. EVERDS (5), Stine-Haskell Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1670 University DuPontHaskellLaboratory,1090EltonRoad,POBox50, Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35294-0019 Newark,DE19714-0050 GARY A. BOORMAN (14), Veterinary Medical Officer, JEFFREY I. EVERITT (14, 20), GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore NIEHS NCT TOX/PATH WORKING GROUP P.O. BOX Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 12233,ResearchTrianglePark,NC27709 ROBERT E. FAITH (10), Medical College of Wisconsin, RON BOOT (11), National Institute of Public Health and Animal Resource Center, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, the Environment, Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Milwaukee, WI 5322 Diseases and Screening, Section of Laboratory Animal Microbiology, PO Box 1, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, SANFORD H. FELDMAN (17), Center for Comparative The Netherlands Medicine, University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center, PO 450, Charlottesville, VA 22908 DENISEI.BOUNOUS(5),Bristol-MyersSquibb,DrugSafety Evaluation and Discovery Toxicology, Province Line HENRY L. FOSTER (22), Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Rd. and Route 206, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000 251 Ballardville St., Wilmington, MA 01887 BRUCE D. CAR (5), Bristol-Myers Squibb, Drug Safety CRAIG L. FRANKLIN (16), Department of Veterinary Evaluation and Discovery Toxicology, Province Line Pathobiology,E111-1Vet.Med.,UniversityofMissouri, Rd. and Route 206, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000 1600 E. Rollins, Columbia, MO 65211 PHILIP B. CARTER (22), North Carolina State University, DIANE J. GAERTNER (12), University Laboratory Animal School of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Resources, 423 Guardian Drive Building 30, University Street, Raleigh, NC 27606 of Penssylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 vii viii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS BEVERLY J. GNADT (2), Division of Animal Resources, MICHAEL A. KOCH (18), Covance Laboratories, 3301 8611 SUNY, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY Kinsman Boulevard, Madison, WI 53704-2595 11794-8611 DENNISF.KOHN(11),InstituteOfComparativeMedicine, ELIZABETH A. GROSS (20), CIIT Center for Health Columbia University, 630 W. 168th St., New York, Research, 6 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 12137, Research NY 10032 Triangle Park, NC 27709 BRYAN KOLB (8), Department of Psychology and THOMAS E. HAMM (27), 105 Martinique Place, Cary, NC Neuroscience,UniversityofLethbridge,4401University 27511 Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K3M4 Canada MARTHA A. HANES (24), Integrated Laboratory Systems, SHERRY M. LEWIS (9), Office of Scientific Coordination Inc.,P.O.Box13501,ResearchTrianglePark,NC27709 National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079 FORREST HAUN (8), NeuroDetective Inc., 1757 Wentz Road, Quakertown, PA 18951 J. RUSSELL LINDSEY (1), Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama Medical Center, HANS J. HEDRICH (3), Department of Laboratory Animal 402 Volker Hall, 1670 University Blvd., Birmingham, ScienceandCentralAnimal Facility, HannoverMedical AL 35294-0019 School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, Hannover, D-30625, Germany JEFFERY J. LOHMILLER (6), Assistant Director, Genetics and Quality Control, Taconic Farms, 273 Hover JACKR.HESSLER(10),20917SunnyacresDr.,Laytonsville, Avenue, Germantown, NY 12526 MD 20882-1248 CAROL MORENO-QUINN (21), Medical College of DEBRAL.HICKMAN(4),PortlandVeteransAdministration Wisconsin, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical Center, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226 Portland, OR 97239 NANCY L. NADON (25), Office of Biological Resources JOHN HOFSTETTER (4), Indiana University School of and Resource Development, National Institute on Medicine, 1120 South Drive, Fesler Hall 302, Aging, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, GW 2C231, Bethesda, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5114 MD 20892 MARC HULIN (30), Merck Research Labs - San Diego, GLEN OTTO (16), Department of Comparative Medicine, MRLSDB1, 3535 General Atomics Ct., San Diego, CA Stanford University, Quad 7, Building 330, Stanford, 92121 CA 94305-5410 HOWARD J. JACOB (21), Medical College of Wisconsin, DWIGHT R. OWENS (23), Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Department of Physiology, 8701 Watertown Plank 251 Ballardville St. WILMINGTON, MA 01887 Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0529 J. THOMAS PETERSON (26), Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Pfizer Global R & D, 2800 Plymouth Rd., Ann Arbor, ROBERT O. JACOBY (12), Yale University School MI 48105-2495 of Medicine, 375 Congress Avenue, LSOG Rm. 117, Comparative Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510 ROBERTQUINN(30),DepartmentofLabAnimalMedicine, SUNY Upstate University, 750 E. Adams Street, VERONICA JENNINGS (29), Merck Research Laboratories, Syracuse, NY 13210 Merck&Co.,Inc.,RY80B-100,POBox 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900 STEVEN P. RUSSELL (15), Research Resources Center, University of Louisville, Health Sciences Center, WILLIAMW.KING(15),AssistantVicePresident,Research Louisville, KY 40292 Services, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292 MARK A. SUCKOW (4), University of Notre Dame, 400 Freiman Life Sciences Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556 ANGELAKING-HERBERT(27),LaboratoryofExperimental Pathology, NIEHS/NTP, PO Box 12233, Mail Drop SONYA P. SWING (6), Consultant Murine Animal Models, B3-06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 420 Richmond Dr., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106 JOSEPH J. KNAPKA (9), 19725 Olney Mill Road, DUANE E. ULLREY (9), 10828 Little Heron Circle, Estero, Brooville, MD 20833 FL 33928 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix MARY ANN VASBINDER (27), GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., 5 STEVEN H. WEISBROTH (11), AnMed/Biosafe, Inc., 7642 Moore Drive, P.O. Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855 NC 27709-3398 IAN Q. WHISHAW (8), Department of Psychology, GEORGE A. VOGLER (19), Department of Comparative University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Medicine, St. Louis University, School of Medicine, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K3M4 Canada 1402 South Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104-1083