Animal Techniques

  • Essentials for Animal Research
    This government manual covers many aspects of using animal in research such as animal care, anesthesia, aseptic technique, and surgery.
  • Renal capsule grafting
    Laboratory of Genetics & Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH    . A methodology for growing embryonic or neonatal organ rudiments in vivo for extended periods, for maintaining adult tissues in vivo, or for growing neoplastic cells.
  • Transplantation of embryonic mammary glands to rescue mammary epithelium from embryonic lethal mutants
    Laboratory of Genetics & Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH. A method for collection and transplantation of mammary anlagen from mouse embryos that survive past embryonic day 13. The mammary glands are dissected from the embryos, cultured for a short period of time and transplanted into the cleared fat pad of 3 week old hosts.
  • Xenopus Laevis Frog Colony Care
    Provides information about housing, rearing, and caring for Xenopus laevis and, to a lesser extent, Xenopus tropicalis frogs.