part Section I -- chapter Bioethics and Animal Care / chapter Control of Stress and Distress / chapter Management of Pain in Laboratory Animals / chapter Anesthesia and Analgesia / chapter Euthanasia / chapter Antibiotics / part Section II / chapter Operating Theatre / chapter Rat Identification / chapter Antisepsis, Sterilization, and Asepsis / chapter Suture / chapter Substances Administration / chapter Samples / part Section III / chapter Catheterization of the Femoral Artery and Vein / chapter Cardiac Catheterization / chapter Cannulation of the Thoracic Duct / chapter Tracheostomy / part Section IV / chapter In Situ Isolation of the Stomach / chapter In Situ Isolation of the Intestinal Loop / chapter Intestinal Everted Sacs / chapter In Situ Perfusion of the Small Intestine / part Section V / chapter Experimental Models for the Study of Diabetes / chapter Islets of Langerhans Isolation / chapter Incubation of Pancreatic Tissue Slices / chapter In Situ Perfusion of the Pancreas / chapter Experimental Pancreatitis / part Section VI / chapter Hepatic Circulation Impairment / chapter Extrahepatic Cholestasis Model / part Section VII / chapter Adrenalectomy / chapter Ovariectomy / chapter Thyroparathyroidectomy / chapter Parathyroid Glands / part Section VIII / chapter Measurement Techniques of Renal Parameters / chapter Kidney Isolation and Perfusion / chapter Acute Renal Failure Models / chapter Renal Blood Flow Measurement / chapter Transport Studies in Plasma Membrane Vesicles Isolated from Renal Cortex / chapter Remnant Kidney Model / part Section IX / chapter Experimental Myocardial Infarction / chapter Experimental Arteriosclerosis / chapter Isolated Heart / part Section X / chapter Polyclonal Antibodies Preparation / chapter Histological Procedures / chapter Bones and Bone Tissue / part Section XI / chapter Equipment / chapter Solution Preparation / chapter Normal Values in IIm/Fm Rat Subline “M”