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   1) Starter Kit
   2) First Incision
   3) Lymph Nodes, Mammary Glands
   4) Abdominal Cavity
   5) Urogenital System
   6) Intestines, Stomach, Spleen, Pancreas
   7) Liver 1
   8) Liver 2
   9) Kidneys
   10) Lungs
   11) Heart
   12) Brain
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  Veterinary Pathology


Comparative Medicine Branch

Mouse Necropsy

References

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  2. Dunn TB (1954). Normal and pathologic anatomy of the reticular tissue in laboratory mice with a classification and discussion of neoplasms J. National Cancer Institute 14: 1281-1433.
  3. Hummel KP, Richardson FL, and Fekete E (1941). Anatomy. In: Biology of the laboratory mouse, Jackson Laboratory (2nd ed). Dover Publications, Inc., New York, pp 247-308.
  4. Olds RJ and Olds JR (1979). A colour atlas of the rat-dissection guide. Wolfe Medical Publications LTD, London.
  5. Popesko P, Rajtovia V, and Horak J (1990). A colour atlas of anatomy of small laboratory animals, volume two: rat, mouse, hamster . Wolfe Publishing Ltd, London, pp. 105-166.
  6. Maronpot, RR. Pathology of The Mouse. Cache River Press, 1999. (Or at amazon.com )
  7. Sundberg, JP and Boggess, D. Systemic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations. CRC Press. 2000.
  8. Mohr, U, Dungworth, DL, Capen, CC, Carlton, WW, Sundberg, JP and Ward, JM. Pathobiology of the Aging Mouse. ILSI Press, 1996.

NIH Symposium: Pathology of Genetically-Engineered Mice
February 24-25, 1999

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