This module provides the minimum background information required for understanding the species-specific behaviour and biology of the laboratory rat. Emphasis is placed on relating the animal’s biology to appropriate husbandry and relevant research practices – essential for ethical, reproducible and externally valid research when using model organisms.
This module is divided into a general section relevant to rats and mice (3 chapters) and a rat-specific section (chapter 4). If you have already done the mouse module, the new information is in chapter 4 (although you may want to refresh yourself on the content of the first three chapters).
