The laboratory fish /
Provides interested readers with a current understanding of the biology of fishes as it relates to their utility in the laboratory.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
[2000]
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| Series: | Handbook of experimental animals.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction (Diversity of fish, early observations and descriptions, fish in experimentation / David L. Fabacher and Edward E. Little
- Housing, maintenance and breeding
- Facilities and husbandry (large fish models) / Jeffrey P. Fisher
- Facilities and husbandry (small fish models) / Robin M. Overstreet, Sue S. Barnes, C. Steve Manning, and William E. Hawkins
- Diet / Douglas E. Conklin
- Common diseases and treatment / David B. Powell
- Gross functional anatomy
- Integumentary system / Diane G. Elliott
- Skeletal system / Melanie L. J. Stiassny
- Muscular system / Melanie L. J. Stiassny
- Nervous system / Ann B. Butler
- Respiratory system / Kenneth R. Olson
- Circulatory system / Kenneth R. Olson
- Digestive system / Randal K. Buddington and Victoria Kuz'mina
- Urinary tract / Hartmut Hentschel, Marlies Elger, Margaret Dawson and J. Larry Renfro
- Endocrine system / David M. Janz
- Immune system / David B. Powell
- Vision / Russell D. Fernald
- Mechanosensory lateral line: functional morphology and neuroanatomy / Jacqueline F. Webb
- Chemoreception / Toshiaki J. Hara
- Hearing / Bernd Fritzsch
- Reproductive systems / J. M. Redding and R. Patiño
- Microscopic functional anatomy
- Integumentary system / Diane G. Elliott
- Skeletal system / A. Huysseune
- Fish as an experimental model for studying muscle function / Lawrence C. Rome
- Nervous system / Ann B. Butler
- Respiratory system / Kenneth R. Olson
- Circulatory system / Kenneth R. Olson
- Digestive system / Randal K. Buddington and Victoria Kuz'mina
- Urinary tract / Marlies Elger, Hartmut Hentschel, Margaret Dawson and J. Larry Renfro
- Endocrine system / David M. Janz and Lynn P. Weber
- Immune system / David B. Powell
- Vision / Russell D. Fernald
- Mechanosensory lateral line: microscopic anatomy and development / Jacqueline F. Webb
- Chemoreception / Toshiaki J. Hara
- Hearing / Bernd Fritzsch
- Reproductive systems / R. Patiño and J. M. Redding
- Procedures
- Stress and anesthesia / Henrik Kreiberg
- Collection of body fluids / Marsha C. Black
- Routes of administration for chemical agents / Marsha C. Black
- Fish necropsy / Jeffrey P. Fisher and Mark S. Myers
- Surgical techniques / Gerald R. Johnson
- Fixation of fish tissues / John W. Fournie, Rena M. Krol and William E. Hawkins
- Autoradiography of fishes / Kevin M. Kleinow
- Experimental models
- Cancer / Paul C. Baumann and Mark S. Okihiro
- Toxicology / Chris D. Metcalfe
- Cell and tissue culture / Rosemarie C. Ganassin, Kristin Schirmer and Niels C. Bols.