Diseases of Laboratory Rodents: A Brief Outlook

Nileshkumar Pagrut¹, Subha Ganguly²*, Piyusha Bhainsare³, Vikas Jaiswal⁴, Pawan Kumar Kawareti⁵ and Naveen Kumar Shakya⁶

¹Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Arawali Veterinary College (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), Jaipur Road, V.P.O. Bajor, Dist. Sikar, Rajasthan, India
²Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Arawali Veterinary College (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), Jaipur Road, V.P.O. Bajor, Dist. Sikar, Rajasthan, India
³Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Mahatma Jyotiba Fule College of Veterinary and Animal Science (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), Jaipur Road, Dist. Chomu, Rajasthan, India
⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Dist. Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, Arawali Veterinary College (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), Jaipur Road, V.P.O. Bajor, Dist. Sikar, Rajasthan, India
⁶Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Arawali Veterinary College (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), Jaipur Road, V.P.O. Bajor, Dist. Sikar, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding Author: Subha Ganguly, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Arawali Veterinary College (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), Jaipur Road, V.P.O. Bajor, Dist. Sikar, Rajasthan, India.

Received: May 25, 2018; Published: May 31, 2018

Citation: Subha Ganguly., et al. “Biochar: A Tool for Improving Soil Fertility". Acta Scientific Agriculture 2.6 (2018).

Abstract

  The use of rats as a laboratory animal increased demand of rats in the market. So, it is important to provide disease free animal model for various commercial experimental trials. The rat breeders should have idea about the important infectious diseases of rats to avoid economic loss. Various economically important diseases of rats are described below according to causative agent.

Keywords: Infectious Diseases; Laboratory Animal; Rat

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