Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) are one of several rodents used in animal testing. Syrian hamsters are used to model human medical conditions including...
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The golden hamster or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. Their natural geographical range...
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United States, where Syrian hamsters became a common pet and laboratory animal. Comparative studies of domestic and wild Syrian hamsters have shown reduced...
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commonly known as laboratory Syrian hamsters, are housed in pens designed for scientific use. There are also special pens designed for hamster shows. The recommended...
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the Syrian hamster began in the late 1700s when naturalists cataloged the Syrian hamster, also known as Mesocricetus auratus or the golden hamster. In...
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Syrian hamster breeding is selective breeding on Syrian hamsters. The practice of breeding requires an understanding of care for the Syrian hamster, knowledge...
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Syrian hamster behavior refers to the ethology of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). Syrian hamsters have a sleep cycle that lasts about 10 to...
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surrounding nations. The Turkish hamster, first catalogued in 1878, is a fairly close relative of the Syrian or golden hamster, though far less is known about...
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with running wheels for the squirrels, similar to hamster wheels. Choice tests with Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) have shown that they prefer...
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found in Syrian hamsters that can be transmitted from one hamster to another. It was first described in 1945. Transmission from hamster to hamster can be...
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fields and corn cultures. Closely related to the well-known Syrian hamster, the Romanian hamster is a species known for its nocturnal or crepuscular behavior...
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Phodopus (redirect from Syrian Dwarf hamsters)
genus of rodents in the hamster subfamily Cricetinae—a division of the larger family Cricetidae—is a lineage of small hamsters native to central Asia that...
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the Syrian Desert have been referred to separately such as the Palmyrene desert around Palmyra, and the Homs desert. The eastern section of the Syrian Desert...
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Billie and Debbie (redirect from Billie (hamster))
Billie and Debbie were Syrian hamsters who were United States presidential pets in the care of Caroline Kennedy during the presidency of her father John...
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known for collecting a litter of Syrian hamsters on an expedition to Aleppo, Syria. The hamsters were bred as laboratory animals in Jerusalem, but some...
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started using Syrian Golden hamster's (Mesocricetus auratus) for disease transmission research. By 2020, the laboratory used Syrian hamsters as models for...
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Small mammals as pets (section Hamster)
"Syrian Hamster Weight - Hamster Central". www.hamstercentral.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23. "Dwarf Hamster Care: Roborovski, Russian & Chinese Hamster"....
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whose natural host is the hamster. It was originally described in 1967 by Arnold Graffi as a cause of epithelioma in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)...
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Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) is a species of hamster in the genus Phodopus. It was given its common name by Oldfield Thomas in honor of...
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Gulf Hamstery (category Golden hamster)
his hamsters, he learned to breed them and founded Marsh Enterprises and the Gulf Hamstery, which promoted Syrian hamsters as pets, for laboratory use...
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Animal testing on rodents (redirect from Laboratory rodent)
Experimental Use of Syrian Hamsters". In Suckow, Mark A.; Stevens, Karla A.; Wilson, Ronald P. (eds.). The laboratory rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, and other rodents...
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the Syrian hamster can be transmitted from one Syrian hamster to another through various mechanisms. It has been seen to spread within a laboratory population...
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species, Helicobacter cholecystus sp. nov., from the gallbladders of Syrian hamsters with cholangiofibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis". J Clin Microbiol...
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three Syrian hamsters brought back from Syria and successfully bred them as laboratory animals. This led to the domestication of the Syrian hamster. In...
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of the Syrian hamster with particular reference to the processes of formation and discharge of the secretory vacuoles: HARDERIAN GLAND OF HAMSTER". The...
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European hamsters failed because they were already resistant to leishmaniasis; instead he got a scientist in Jerusalem to send him some Syrian hamsters to test...
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excess recombinantly produced normally folded prions, often a truncated Syrian Hamster protein, amino acids 90-231. Samples suspected of containing misfolded...
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2007, and Herwig et al. 2009 in Siberian hamsters, Revel et al. 2006 and Yasuo et al. 2007 in Syrian hamsters, Yasuo et al. 2007 and Ross et al. 2011 in...
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Toxicology testing Testing on Frogs Invertebrates Primates Rabbits Rodents Syrian hamsters Issues Animal rights Animal welfare Animals (Scientific Procedures)...
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humans. Another challenge is effectively transferring knowledge from laboratory settings to field practice. There is also a basic lack of scientific understanding...
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