BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AGE-, MISCELLANEOUS-, ENVIRONMENTAL- AND DRUG-RELATED DISORDERS

See “General References on Diseases of Rats”

General References on Age-Related Disorders

Anver, M.R., Cohen, B.J., Lattuada, C.P., & Foster, S.J. (1982) Age- associated lesions in barrier-reared male Sprague-Dawley rats: a comparison between Hap(SD) and Crl:COBS[R]CD[R](SD) stocks.

Coleman, G.L., Barthold, S.W., Osbaldiston, G.W., Foster, S.J., & Jonas, A.M. (1977) Pathological changes during aging in barrier- reared Fischer 344 male rats. Journal of Gerontology 32:258-278.

Dixon, D., Heider, K., & Elwell, M.R. (1995) Incidence of nonneoplastic lesions in historical control male and female Fischer 344 rats from 90-day toxicity studies. Toxicologic Pathology 23:338-348.

Goodman, D.G., Ward, J.M. Squire, R.A., Chu, K.C., & Linhart, M.S. (1979) Neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions in aging F344 rats. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 48:237-248.

Goodman, D.G., Ward, J.M., Squire, R.A., Paxton, M.B., Reichardt, W.D., Chu, K.C., & Linhart, M.S. (1980) Neoplastic and non­neoplastic lesions in aging Osborne-Mendel rats. Toxicologic Pathology 55:433-447.

Age-Related Disorders

Alveolar Histiocytosis

Hook, G.E. (1991) Alveolar proteinosis and phospholipidosis of the lungs. Toxicologic Pathology 19:49-53.

Yang, Y.H., Yang, C.Y., & Grice, H.C. (1966) Multifocal histiocytosis in the lungs of rats. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 92:559-561.

Degenerative Changes in the Nervous System

Berg, B.N., Wolf, A., & Simms, H.S. (1962) Degenerative lesions of spinal roots and peripheral nerves of aging rats. Gerontologia, Basel 6:72-80.

Van Steenis, G. & Kroes, R. (1971) Changes in the nervous system and musculature of old rats. Veterinary Pathology 8:320-332.

Radiculoneuropathy

Burek, J.D., Van der Kogel, A.J., & Hollander, C.F. (1976) Degener­ative myelopathy in three strains of aging rats.

Kazui, H. & Fujisawa, K. (1988) Radiculoneuropathy of aging rats: a quantitative study. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 14:137-156.

Krinke, G. (1983) Spinal radiculoneuropathy in aging rats: demye­lination secondary to neuronal dwindling? Acta Neuropatholog- ica 59:63-69.

Mitsumori, K., Maita, K., & Shirasu, Y. (1981) An ultrastructural study of spinal nerve roots and dorsal root ganglia in aging rats with spontaneous radiculoneuropathy. Veterinary Pathology 18:714-726.

Van Steenis, G. & Kroes, R. (1971) Changes in the nervous system and musculature of old rats. Veterinary Pathology 8:320-332.

Cardiac Valvular Angiectasis

Fang, H., Howroyd, P.C., Fletcher, A.M., Diters, R.W., Woicke, J., Sasseville, V.G., Bregman, C.L., Freebern, W.J., Durham, S.K., & Mense, M.G. (2007) Atrioventricular valvular angiectasis in Sprague-Dawley rats. Veterinary Pathology 44:407-410.

Endocardial Fibromatous Proliferation

Alison, R.H., Elwell, M.R., Jokinen, M.P., Dittrich, K.L., & Boorman, G.A. (1987) Morphology and classification of 96 primary cardiac neoplasms in Fischer 344 rats. Veterinary Pathology 24:488-494.

Boorman, G.A., Zurcher, C., Hollander, C.F., & Feron, V.J. (1973) Naturally occurring endocardial disease in the rat. Archives of Pathology 96:39-45.

Frith, C.H., Farris, H.E., & Highman, B. (1977) Endocardial fibrom- atous proliferation in a rat. Laboratory Animal Science 27:114-117.

Novilla, M.N., Sandusky, G.E., Hoover, D.M., Ray, S.E., & Wight­man, K.S. (1991) A retrospective survey of endocardial prolifer­ative lesions in rats. Veterinary Pathology 28:156-165.

Zaidi, I., Sullivan, D.J., & Seiden, D. (1982) Endocardial thickening in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Toxicologic Pathology 10:27-32.

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Bishop, S.P. (1989) Animal models of vasculitis. Toxicologic Pathol­ogy 17:109-117.

Skold, B.H. (1961) Chronic arteritis in the laboratory rat. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 138:204-207.

Yang, Y.H. (1965) Polyarteritis nodosa in laboratory rats. Laboratory Investigation 14:81-88.

Chronic Progressive Nephropathy

Barthold, S.W. (1979) Chronic progressive nephropathy in aging rats. Toxicologic Pathology 7:1-6.

Gray, J.E., van Zwieten, M.J., & Hollander, C.F. (1982) Early light microscopic changes in chronic progressive nephrosis in several strains of aging laboratory rats. Journal of Gerontology 37:142-150.

Gray, J.E., Weaver, R.N., & Purmalis, A. (1974) Ultrastructural observations of chronic progressive nephrosis in the Sprague- Dawley rat. Veterinary Pathology 11:153-164.

Natatsuji, S., Yamate, J., & Sakuma, S. (1998) Macrophages, fibro­blasts, and extracellular matrix accumulation in interstitial fibrosis of chronic progressive nephropathy in aged rats. Veteri­nary Pathology 35:352-360.

Owen, R.A. & Heywood, R. (1986) Age-related variations in renal structure and function in Sprague-Dawley rats. Toxicologic Pathology 14:158-167.

Weaver, R.N., Gray, J.E., & Schultz, J.R. (1975) Urinary proteins in Sprague-Dawley rats with chronic progressive nephrosis. Labo­ratory Animal Science 25:705-710.

Nephrocalcinosis and Urolithiasis

Magnusson, G. & Ramsay, C.H. (1971) Urolithiasis in the rat. Laboratory Animals 5:153-162.

Paterson, M. (1979) Urolithiasis in the Sprague-Dawley rat. Labora­tory Animals 13:17-20.

Ristskes-Hoitinga, J., Lemmons, A.G., & Beynen, A.C. (1989) Nutri­tion and kidney calcification in rats. Laboratory Animals 23:313-318.

Hydronephrosis

Van Winkle, T.J., Womack, J.E., Barbo, W.D., & Davis, T.W. (1988) Incidence of hydronephrosis among several production colo­nies of outbred Sprague-Dawley rats. Laboratory Animal Science 38:402-406.

Renal Papillary Hyperplasia

Stubb, C., Thon, R., Ritskes-Hoitinga, M., & Hansen, A.K. (2003) Renal epithelial proliferation and its clinical expression in Brown Norway (BN) rats. Laboratory Animals 38:85-91.

Treloar, A.F.

Osteoarthritis

Yamasaki, K. & Inui, S. (1985) Lesions of articular, sternal and growth plate cartilage in rats. Veterinary Pathology 22:46-50.

Miscellaneous Disorders

Auricular Chondropathy

Chiu, T. & Lee, K.P. (1984) Auricular chondropathy in aging rats. Veterinary Pathology 21:500-504.

Kitagaki, M., Suwa, T., Yanagi, M., & Shiratori, K. (2003) Auricular chondritis in young ear-tagged Crj:CD(SD)IGS rats. Laboratory Animal Science 37:249-253.

McEwen, B.J. & Barsoum, N.J. (1990) Auricular chondritis in Wistar rats. Laboratory Animals 24:280-283.

Meingassner, J.G. (1991) Sympathetic auricular chondritis in rats: a model of autoimmune disease? Laboratory Animal Science 25:68-78.

Prieur, D., Young, D.M., & Counts, D.F. (1984) Auricular chondritis in Fawn-Hooded rats: a spontaneous disorder resembling that induced by immunization with type II collagen. American Jour­nal of Pathology 116:69-76.

Hydrocephalus

Woodward, J.C. & Newberne, P.M. (1967) The pathogenesis of hydrocephalus in newborn rats deficient in vitamin B12. Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology 17:177-187.

Eosinophilic Granulomatous Pneumonia in Brown

Norway Rats

Albers, T.M. & Clifford, C.B. (2000) Eosinophilic granulomatous pneumonia: a strain-related lesion of high prevalence in the Brown Norway rat. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 39:61-62.

Germann, P.G., Hafner, D., Hanauer, G., & Drommer, W. (1998) Incidence and severity of granulomatous pneumonia in Brown Norway (BN) rats: breeder related variations. Journal of Exper­imental Animal Science 39:22-33.

Noritake, S., Ogawa, K., Suzuki, G., Ozawa, K., & Ikeda, T. (2007) Pulmonary inflammation in brown Norway rats: possible association with environmental particles in the animal room environment. Experimental Animals 56:319-327.

Ohtsuka, R., Doi, K., & Itagaki, S. (1997) Histological characteristics of respiratory system in Brown Norway rat. Experimental Animals 46:127-133.

Persistent Vaginal Septum

De Schaepdrijver, L.M., Fransen, J.L., Van der Eycken, E.S., & Coussement, W.C. (1995) Transverse vaginal septum in the specific-pathogen-free Wistar rat. Laboratory Animal Science 45:181-183.

Lezmi, S., Duprey-Thibault, K., Bidaut, A., Hardy, P., Pino, M., Saint Macary, G., Barbellion, S., Brunel, P., Dorchies, O., Clifford, C., & Leconte, I. (2011) Spontaneous metritis related to the presence of vaginal septum in pregnant Sprague-Dawley Crl:CD (SD) rats: impact on reproductive toxicity studies. Veterinary Pathology 48:964-969.

Environmental Disorders

Bellhorn, R.W., Korte, G.E., & Abrutyn, D. (1988) Spontaneous corneal degeneration in the rat. Laboratory Animal Science 38:46-50.

Burkhart, C.A. & Robinson, J.L. (1978) High rat pup mortality attributed to the use of cedar-wood shavings as bedding. Labo­ratory Animals 12:221-222.

Cripps, L., Gobbi, A., Ceruti, R.M., Clifford, C.B., Remuzzi, A., & Scanziani, E. (2000) Ringtail in suckling Munich Wistar Fromter rats: a histopathologic study. Comparative Medicine 50:536-539.

Fleischman, R.W., McCracken, D., & Forbes, W. (1977) Adynamic ileus in the rat induced by chloral hydrate. Laboratory Animal Science 27:238-243.

Kurisu, K. Sawamoto, O., Watanabe, H., & Ito, A. (1996) Sequential changes in the Harderian gland of rats exposed to high intensity light. Laboratory Animal Science 46:71-76.

Losco, P.E. & Troup, C.M. (1988) Corneal dystrophy in Fischer 344 rats. Laboratory Animal Science 38:702-710.

Noell, W.K., Walker, V.S., Kang, B.S., & Berman, S. (1966) Retinal damage by light in rats. Investigative Ophthalmology 5:450-473.

Rao, G.N. (1991) Light intensity-associated eye lesions of Fischer 344 rats in long term studies. Toxicologic Pathology 19:148-155.

Semple-Rowland, S.L.

Taylor, D.K., Rogers, M.M., & Hankenson, F.C. (2006) Lanolin as a treatment option for ringtail in transgenic rats. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 45:83-87.

Drug-Related Disorders

Alden, C.L. & Frith, C.H. (1991) Urinary system. In: Handbook of Toxicologic Pathology (eds. W.M. Haschek& Rousseaux), pp. 315-387. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Beierschmitt, W.P., Keenan, K.P., & Weiner, M. (1986) Age-related susceptibility of male Fischer-344 rats to acetaminophen neph­rotoxicity. Life Sciences 39:2335-2342.

Fleischman, R.W., McCracken, D., & Forces, W. (1977) Adynamic ileus in the rat induced by chloral hydrate. Laboratory Animal Science 27:238-243.

Kufoy, E.A., Pakalnis, V.A., Parks, C.D., Wells, A., Yang, C.H., & Fox, A. (1989) Keratoconjunctivitis sicca and associated secondary uveitis elicited in rats after systemic ketamine/xylazine anesthe­sia. Experimental Eye Research 49:861-871.

Kyle, M.E. & Koscis, J.J. (1985) Effect of age on salicylate-induced nephrotoxicity in male rats. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 81:337-347.

Turner, P.V. & Albassam, M.A. (2005) Susceptibility of rats to corneal lesions after injectable anesthesia. Comparative Medicine 55:175-182.