Cl. Aleman et al., REFERENCE DATABASE OF THE MAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL-PARAMETERS IN SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS FROM 6 TO 32 MONTHS, Laboratory animals, 32(4), 1998, pp. 457-466
A reference database comprising body weight gain, exploratory activity
, hot plate response, serum biochemistry, haematology, organ weight (%
) and a complete anatomopathological study containing non-neoplastic a
nd neoplastic lesions over 1200 Sprague-Dawley rats from 6 to 32 month
s is described. Comparisons between age and sex were analysed.