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A simple technique to harvest two kidneys from one donor rat for transplantation
M Yin1, M H Booster, A E vd Bogaard
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Laboratory Animals
|October 1, 1994
Abstract:
Kidney transplantation in rats is a widely used and well established model in transplantation immunology and preservation research. With the conventional method, only one kidney is harvested from the donor rat. We developed a technique to harvest two kidneys separately from one donor, subsequently both kidneys were successfully implanted into two recipient rats. This technique which leads to a reduction of the number of experimental animals used is discussed in detail.