The Nile grass rat as a laboratory animal |
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Authors: | Refinetti Roberto |
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Institution: | University of South Carolina, 807 Hampton St., Walterboro, SC 29488, USA. refinetti@sc.edu |
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Abstract: | Rodents are the subjects of the overwhelming majority of laboratory animal studies, and most laboratory rodents are nocturnal. The availability of a suitable diurnal rodent would provide a more effective animal model for biomedical research applicable to humans. The author describes several characteristics of the Nile grass rat that make this diurnal murid rodent an attractive laboratory animal. |
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