Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Letters to the Editor
pp. 8-9(2)

Suboptimal Ability of Dirty-bedding Sentinels to Detect Spironucleus muris in a Colony of Mice with Genetic Manipulations of the Adaptive Immune System
pp. 10-17(8)
Authors: Perdue, Kathy A.; Copeland, Michelle K.; Karjala, Zuzana; Cheng, Lily I.; Ward, Jerrold M.; Elkins, William R.

Operant Task Performance and Corticosterone Concentrations in Rats Housed Directly on Bedding and on Wire
pp. 18-22(5)
Authors: Freed, Carrie; Martinez, Vicente; Sarter, Martin; DeVries, Courtney; Bergdall, Valerie

Retrospective Clinical and Molecular Analysis of Conditioned Laboratory Dogs (Canis familiaris) with Serologic Reactions to Ehrlichia canis, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Rickettsia rickettsii
pp. 23-28(6)
Authors: Scorpio, Diana G.; Wachtman, Lynn M.; Tunin, Richard S.; Barat, Nicole C.; Garyu, Justin W.; Dumler, J Stephen

Maternal Behavior of Laboratory-born, Individually Reared Long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
pp. 29-34(6)
Authors: Tsuchida, Junko; Yoshida, Takashi; Sankai, Tadashi; Yasutomi, Yasuhiro

Anesthetic Properties of Propofol in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus laevis)
pp. 35-38(4)
Authors: Guénette, Sarah A.; Beaudry, Francis; Vachon, Pascal

Detection of Spironucleus muris in Unpreserved Mouse Tissue and Fecal Samples by Using a PCR Assay
pp. 39-43(5)
Authors: Fain, Michele A.; Karjala, Zuzana; Perdue, Kathy A.; Copeland, Michelle K.; Cheng, Lily I.; Elkins, William R.

Optimal Access to the Rat Heart by Transverse Bilateral Thoracotomy with Double Ligature of the Internal Thoracic Arteries
pp. 44-46(3)
Authors: Ordodi, Valentin L.; Paunescu, Virgil; Mic, Felix A.

Modification of a Common BAL Technique to Enhance Sample Diagnostic Value
pp. 47-51(5)
Authors: Singletary, Morgan L.; Phillippi-Falkenstein, Kathrine M.; Scanlon, Elizabeth; Bohm Jr, Rudolf P.; Veazey, Ronald S.; Gill, Amy F.

Whole-body Plethysmography in African Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) with and without Jackets
pp. 52-55(4)
Authors: Foster, Chad D.; Hunter, Ty C.; Gibbs, Paul H.; Leffel, Elizabeth K.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation in an Adult Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
pp. 56-60(5)
Authors: Lammey, Michael L.; Doane, Cynthia J.; Gigliotti, Andrew; Lee, D Rick; Sleeper, Meg M.

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Two Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
pp. 61-66(6)
Authors: Fremont, Jacqueline J.; Marini, Robert P.; Fox, James G.; Rogers, Arlin B.