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1Virion Systems, Inc., 9610 Medical Center Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Lab Animal
|June 1, 2001
Abstract:
First used as an animal model of poliomyelitis in the late 1940s, the cotton rat is currently used in biomedical research for studies of human respiratory syncytial virus and filariasis. The author provides useful information relevant to the care of these research animals, including husbandry considerations, proper handling, and common laboratory procedures.
