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(Request Permission) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Rodents i Laboratory Animal Management Rodents Committee on Rodents Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources Commission on Life Sciences National Research Council NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C.1996 Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Rodents ii National Academy Press 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20418 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sci- ences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. This study was supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through contract number NO1-CM-07316 with the Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute; the Animal Welfare Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through grant number 5932U4-8-59; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute through grant number 70209-500104. Additional support was provided by Charles River Laborato- ries, Wilmington, Massachusetts; Harlan Sprague Dawley, Indianapolis, Indiana; and the following members of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association: Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illi- nois; Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California; Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Cedar Knolls, New Jersey; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, New York; Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey; Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Ciba-Geigy, Summit, New Jersey; Dupont Merck Research & Development, Wilmington, Delaware; Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Marion Merrell Dow Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut; Sandoz Research Institute, East Hanover, New Jer- sey; Schering-Plough Research, Bloomfield, New Jersey; SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Syntex Discovery Research, Palo Alto, California; 3M Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Core support is provided to the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources by the Comparative Medicine Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, through grant 5P40RR0137; the National Science Foundation through grant BIR-9024967; the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, which serves as the lead agency for combined U.S. Department of Defense funding also received from the Human System Division of the U.S. Air Force Systems Command, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services Uni- versity of the Health Sciences, and U.S. Naval Medical Research and Development Command, through grant DAMD17-93-J-3016; and research project grant RC-1-34 from the American Cancer Society. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the committee and do not necessarily reflect the views of DHHS, USDA, or other sponsors, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government or other sponsors. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rodents / Committee on Rodents, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council. p. cm. — (Laboratory animal management series) "February 1996." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-309-04936-9 1. Rodents as laboratory animals. I. Institute of laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Commit- tee on Rodents. II. Series. SF407.R6R62 1996 619'.93—dc20 96-4532 Copyright 1996 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Rodents iii COMMITTEE ON RODENTS Bonnie J. Mills (Chairman), Biotech Group, Immunotherapy Division, Baxter Healthcare Corp., Irvine, California Anton M. Allen, Laboratory Animal Health Services Division, Microbiological Associates, Inc., Rockville, Maryland Lauretta W. Gerrity, Animal Resource Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Joseph J. Knapka, Veterinary Resources Program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Arthur A. Like, Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts Frank Lilly, Department of Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York George M. Martin, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Gwendolyn Y. McCormick, Laboratory Animal Resources, Searle, Skokie, Illinois Larry E. Mobraaten, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine William J. White, Professional Services, Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, Massachusetts Norman S. Wolf, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington CONTRIBUTORS Wallace D. Dawson, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Edward H. Leiter, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine Barbara McKnight, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Glenn M. Monastersky, Transgenics, Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, Massachusetts Richard J. Traystman, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Staff Dorothy D. Greenhouse, Senior Program Officer Amanda E. Hull, Program Assistant Norman Grossblatt, Editor Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Rodents iv INSTITUTE OF LABORATORY ANIMAL RESOURCES COUNCIL John L. VandeBerg (Chairman), Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas Christian R. Abee, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama J. Derrell Clark, University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia Muriel T. Davisson, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine Bennett Dyke, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas Neal L. First, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin James W. Glosser, Massillon, Ohio John P. Hearn, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin Margaret Landi, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Charles R. McCarthy, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Robert J. Russell, Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc., Frederick, Maryland Richard C. Van Sluyters, University of California, School of Optometry, Berkeley, California Peter A. Ward, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan Thomas D. Pollard, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (ex officio member) Staff Eric A. Fischer, Director Thomas L. Wolfle, Program Director Mara L. Glenshaw, Research Assistant Carol M. Rozmiarek, Project Assistant The Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR) was founded in 1952 under the auspices of the National Research Council. A component of the Commission on Life Sciences, ILAR develops guidelines and positions and disseminates information on the scientific, technological, and ethical use of laboratory animals and related biological resources. ILAR promotes high-quality, humane care of laboratory animals and the appropriate use of laboratory animals and alternatives in research, testing, and education. ILAR serves as an advisor to the federal government, the biomedical research community, and the public. Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Rodents v COMMISSION ON LIFE SCIENCES Thomas D. Pollard (Chairman), The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland Frederick R. Anderson, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Washington, D.C. John C. Bailar, III, McGill University, Montreal, Canada John E. Burris, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Michael T. Clegg, University of California, Riverside, California Glenn A. Crosby, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington Ursula W. Goodenough, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Susan E. Leeman, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts