Animal Models in Toxicology

Edited byShayne Cox Gad, PhD, DABT, is the principal of Gad Consulting Services in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has more than 38 years of broad-based experience in toxicology, drug, device development, document preparation, statistics, and risk assessment, having previously been the director of toxicology and pharmacology for Synergen, director of medical affairs technical support system services for Becton Dickinson, and senior director of product safety and pharmacokinetics for G.D. Searle. He is past president of the American College of Toxicology and Roundtable of Toxicology Consultants and a board-certified toxicologist. Dr. Gad has published 47 books and more than 350 chapters, papers, and abstracts.

"…should be in every toxicology laboratory that performs research involving animals. No other book … provides the same breadth and depth of information as found here…"—Michele T. Pritchard, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center in Doody’s Book Reviews

• Introduction. The Mouse. The Rat. The Hamster. The Guinea Pig. Rabbit. The Ferret. The Dog. Primates. The Minipig. Alternative Species. Clinical Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Telemetry in Nonclinical Drug Safety Assessment Studies. Molecular Imaging Techniques in Laboratory Animals. Genetically Modified Animal Models. Model Selection and Scaling (Allometry). Susceptibility Factors. Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines for Animal Care and Use in Research. Necropsy and Gross Pathology. Immunology Laboratory Endpoints for Assessment of Immunomodulators in Preclinical Studies and Case Studies Using Anti-CD3 mAb in Cynomolgus Monkey