Whole Mouse Catalog - Laboratory

• Animal Supplies and Suppliers
• Veterinary and Other Animal Care Resources
• Software
• Technical Guides and Protocols
• Printed Texts and Videos
• Selected Bookshelf References

Animal Supplies and Suppliers

• Subtopics
  • Sources of animals
  • Scientific instruments
  • Animal diets
• Sources of Animals
  • See also Commercial suppliers of transgenic mice
  • Lab Animal's magazine Buyer's Guide
  • The Jackson Laboratory
  • Charles River Laboratories
  • Taconic
  • Harlan Sprague Dawley
  • Simonsen Laboratories
  • NIH Animal Genetic Resource
  • Frozen Embryo Bank, at the MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit
  • Chrysalis DNX Transgenic Sciences
  • University of Zurich, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science
  • Taiwan National Laboratory Animal Breeding and Research Center
  • University of Tokushima School of Medicine, Institute for Animal Experimentation
  • Bomholtgård Breeding and Research Centre Ltd. (dead link?)
  • Covance Research Products
  • LATA e-source Buyers Guide
  • International Mouse Strain Resources (and European mirror)
  • European Mouse Mutant Archive
  • M & B
  • Genetic Models, Inc.
  • B&K Universal
  • Peromyscus (Deer Mouse) Genetic Stock Center
  • Zivic-Miller Laboratories
  • MRC Mouse Stock Lists
  • MRC Frozen Embryo Bank
  • National Institute of Genetics, Japan, Genetic Stock Research Center
  • SHIGEN: Shared Information of Genetic Resources
  • Biomedical Research Models
  • NAS Animal Models and Genetic Stocks Information Program: Mice and Rats
• Scientific Instruments
  • Braintree Scientific, Inc.
  • Columbus Instruments
  • Med Associates
  • San Diego Instruments
  • Coulbourn Instruments
• Animal Diet
  • Dyets: Rodent Diets
  • Purina Mills LabDiet: Reference manual
  • Research Diets: Rodents

Veterinary and Other Animal Care Resources

This section makes no attempt to be comprehensive. Please see the NetVet home page for an exhaustive resource.

• Subtopics
  • Assorted veterinary
  • U.S. institutional animal care & use committees (IACUC)
  • Magazines and newsletters
  • Printed books and videos
  • Alternatives to animal research and testing
  • Recommended guidelines for animal care and use
  • Other technical guides and related materials
• Assorted Veterinary Resources
  • Electronic ZOO/NetVet: Rodents
  • NetVet: Veterinary resources - Home Page
  • Collection of Laboratory Animal Web Links
  • Virtual Veterinary Center
  • WWW Virtual Library: Animal health, well-being, and rights
  • American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
  • Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
  • American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
  • Foundation for Biomedical Research
  • Essentials for animal research: a primer for research personnel
  • Gnotobiote Laboratory Investigator's Manual (University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School) (dead link?)
  • Science Fair Guide to Projects Using Animals
  • Laboratory Animal Training Association
  • Rats and Mice in Research; videotapes, audio tapes, and slides
  • NAS Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
  • Laboratory animal science acronyms
  • Cliniweb Rodent Diseases
  • FDA approved animal drugs database
  • Cliniweb International: Rodent Diseases
  • PubMed Medeline Query "Rodent Diseases": Past year | Past four years
• U.S. Institutional Animal Care & Use Committees (IACUC)
  • University of Arkansas
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • University of Florida
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Minnesota
  • IACUC Reading Room (from Lab Animal magazine)
• Magazines and Newsletters
  • Internet Vet column
  • Lab Animal magazine
  • Laboratory Animals magazine
• Printed Books and Videos
  • Basics of Aseptic Surgery and Anesthesia in Rodents (video)
• Alternatives to Animal Research and Testing (will eventually move the the Bioscience page and its own section)
  • Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science & Alternatives
  • Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives To Animal Testing
  • Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments
  • European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods
  • Join Hands
  • NORINA: Database of audiovisual alternatives to the use of animals in teaching
  • University of California Center for Animal Alternatives
  • Alternatives to Skin Irritation Testing in Animals
  • Industrial In Vitro Toxicology Group
  • Altweb
  • Nordic Information Centre for Alternative Methods
• Recommended Guidelines for Animal Care and Use
  • See also Regulations and Legal Issues
  • See also Science Fair Projects
  • NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (1996)
  • NIH Intramural Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Mouse and Rat Fetuses and Neonates (Feb 1997)
  • NAP: Laboratory Animal Management: Rodents (1996)
  • NAP: Immunodeficient Rodents: A Guide to Their Immunobiology, Husbandry, and Use (1989)
  • NAP: Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: A Guide for Developing Institutional Programs (1991)
  • Canadian Council on Animal Care: Guidelines
  • NAS ILAR: Principles and Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Precollege Education
  • American Psychological Association: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals
  • Society for Neuroscience: Policies on the Use Of Animals and Human Subjects in Neuroscience Research
  • Humane Society of the United States: Animal use in education
• Other Technical Guides and Related Materials
  • NAP: Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals (1997)
  • NAP: Sharing Laboratory Resources: Genetically Altered Mice (1994)
  • NAP: Important Laboratory Animal Resources: Selection Criteria and Funding Mechanisms for Their Preservation
  • NAP: Recognition and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals (1992)
  • NAP: Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats (1991)
  • NAP: Companion Guide to Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats (1991)
  • Handbook for the Use of Animals in Research and Education, U Kansas at Lawrence
  • Anesthesia and analgesia for companion and laboratory animals (references)
  • 1993 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia
  • Anaesthesia and Analgesia of Laboratory Animals (Mac hypercard software)
  • Guidelines for Performing Aseptic Technique for Survival Surgery in Rodents
  • Applying Principles of Aseptic Surgery to Rodents
  • Taconic technical report library
  • Technical reports from Charles River Laboratories
  • Infectious Agents of Mice
  • Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats
  • Bacterial Diseases of Rats
  • Diseases of Aging Sprague-Dawley Rats (1995) (also 1996)
  • Anatomy and Pathology of Inbred Laboratory Mice (references)
  • Rat Diseases (notes)
  • Helicobacter hepaticus, a Recently Recognized Bacterial Pathogen, Associated with Chronic Hepatitis and Hepatocellular Neoplasia in Laboratory Mice
  • Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus: An Unrecognized Teratogenic Pathogen
  • Body weights of commonly used JAX mice
  • Standard Operating Procedures and Guidelines, University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center
  • Murine Helicobacters
  • IACUC Reading Room (from Lab Animal magazine)
  • Biomethodology of the mouse
  • TJL JAX Notes
  • Transonic Systems: Bloodflow Protocols

Software

Encyclopedia of the Mouse Genome software (currently for Unix and Mac)
Map Manager (for Mac and PC)
Mouse Up - hypercard-based software for tracking transgenic mice [Mac]
Rat Base: Software for rodent breeders
Neuro Mouse, software database of murine neurological information (for PC)
Anaesthesia and Analgesia of Laboratory Animals (Mac hypercard software)
Pedigree drawing software
Mouse Colony Databases using FileMaker Pro
TOPAZ Transgenic Breeding Colony Management Software
PROGENY pedigree drawing and relational database
LAMS breeding colony software
Pedigree/Draw and PEDSYS
Sniffy the Virtual Rat (operant conditioning)

Technical Guides and Protocols

Also see: Educational institutions' engineered mutants facilities.

Manual for in situ hybridisation of whole mount embryos, tissue sections, and cells (A. Groves)
Tail DNA preparation (w/o phenol) for tail dots or PCR (E. Mercer)
Relatively complete guide to staining for lacZ with X-gal (E. Mercer)
Genotyping protocols for Jackson Laboratory IMR mice
Staining for beta-galactosidase (Jackson Laboratory)
DNA extraction from tail w/o organic solvents (Jackson Laboratory)
DNA extraction from whole blood for PCR (Jackson Laboratory)
DNA extraction from tail w/ phenol (Jackson Laboratory)
Protocols Related to DNA Microinjection
Some considerations and also protocols for ES cell work
Tail DNA Extraction and DNA Purification for Injection, and some other protocols
Rat olfactory bulb ensheathing cell cultures (O4+ glioblasts) (R. Doucette)
University of Michigan Transgenic Animal Model Core protocols

Printed Texts and Videos

These are texts and videos not available on-line
Transgenic Techniques in Mice: A Video Guide (1989)
Targeted Mutagenesis in Mice: A Video Guide (1993)
Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual (1994) 
Molecular Genetics of Early Drosophila and Mouse Development (1989) 
Genetic Manipulation of the Early Mammalian Embryo (1985) 
Atlas of Prenatal Rat Brain Development (1994) 
Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of the Developing Mouse Brain (1997) 
Golgi Atlas of the Postnatal Mouse Brain 

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Selected Bookshelf References

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