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Animal Center |
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Introduction |
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| Professor and Director |
Toshimitsu SUZUKI, M.D.,
Ph.D. |
| Associate Professor and Administrator |
Kiyoaki KATAHIRA, Ph.D. |
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The purpose of this center is to make highly
precise animal experiments possible, and to maintain
and to supply good quality laboratory animals
as well. The building was completed in March 1988.
Total square measures of the facility is 2,601m2 (square measure of each floor: 1F 657m2,
2F 648m2 3F, 648m2, 4F 648m2,
and floor space is 735.1m2.
Air conditioners and microbiologically controlled
animal racks are installed throughout the center,
and microbiological monitoring is performed regularly
to suppress infectious diseases among laboratory
animals.
The facility is responsible for the health and
welfare of laboratory animals and for the support
of animal experiments in Fukushima Medical University.
Also, it serves as an agency to disseminate information
and promote education concerning laboratory animals
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Research |
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The aim of research in this center is to obtain
basic physiological and biological data from laboratory
animals and to develop animal handling technology.
The research carried out so far as follows:
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Development of quality control techniques
for laboratory animals |
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Study of the cardiovascular system of
laboratory animals |
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Properties of the olfaction and taste
in laboratory animals |
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Comparative physiology of laboratory animals |
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Ground-based research of space experiments
using laboratory animals |
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Education |
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Publications |
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| 1. |
Passive avoidance and escape behavior
in the spontaneously hypertensive rat: A
preliminary examination (1997), Tohoku Psychologica
Folia, Vol.56, 49-53. T.Hatayama, T.Sato,
and K.Katahira |
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Evidence suggesting that the odor types
of pregnant women are a compound of maternal
and fetal odor types, (1995), Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA.
Vol.92, 2617-2621, G.K. Beauchamp, K.Katahira,
K.Yamazaki, J.A.Mennella, J.Bard, and E.A.Boyse |
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Growth curve of the body weight, body
length and tail length in the cotton rat
(Sigmodon hispidus), (1994), Scand.J.Lab.Anim.Sci.
Vol.21, No.4, 151-155, K.Katahira, K.Ohwada |
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Reference values for blood chemistry in
the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), (1994),
Scand. J. Lab. Anim. Sci., Vol.21, No.1,
29-31. K.Ohwada, T.Ito, K.Katahira |
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Indirect measurement for body surface
area of cotton rats. (1993), Exp. Anim.,
Vol.42, No.4, 635-637, K.Ohwada, K.Katahira |
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Hematological standard values in the Cotton
Rat (Sigmodon hispidus), (1993), Exp. Anim
Vol.42, No.4, 653-656, K.Katahira, K.Ohwada |
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Reference values for organ weight, hematology
and serum chemistry in the female ferret
(Mustela putrius furo), (1992), Exp. Anim.,
Vol.41, No.4, 135-142, K.Ohwada, K.Katahira |
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