WHAT'S NEW AT ILAR -- DECEMBER 2005

In This Issue:

Current and Upcoming ILAR Journal Issues

Workshops and Meetings of Interest

Other News

ILAR JOURNAL

Current Issue

Volume 47(1): Animal Models of Diseases Related to the Fetus and Newborn

In this issue of ILAR Journal, experts discuss the interplay between the development of immature organs, exposure to a suboptimal intrauterine environment, or premature exposure to an extrauterine environment, and resulting respiratory and neurological outcomes in the fetus and newborn. While advances in care have resulted in the survival of infants born at slightly more than half of gestation and rapid technological advances have led to therapies resulting in a marked increase in the survival of the youngest of infants, well-conducted studies in animal models are particularly relevant and essential to improving the care of the fetus and newborn, particularly the premature infant.

Articles in this issue:

Knowledge Gained from Animal Studies of the Fetus and Newborn: Application to the Human Premature Infant
Design and Statistical Methods in Studies Using Animal Models of Development
Transgenic Models to Study Disorders of Respiratory Control in Newborn Mice
Use of Transgenic Mice to Study Lung Morphogenesis and Function
Brief Update on Animal Models of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Neonatal Stroke
Neonatal Animal Models of Opiate Withdrawal
Nonhuman Primate Models of Intrauterine Cytomegalovirus Infection
Nonprimate Models of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection: Gaining Insight into Pathogenesis and Prevention of Disease in Newborns
Animal Models That Elucidate Basic Principles of the Developmental Origins of Adult Diseases

Next Issue -- March 2006
Vol 47(2): Phenotyping of Genetically Engineered Mice

Recent Issues

Vol 46(4): Serendipity, Science, and Animals
Vol 46(3): Immunization Procedures and Adjuvant Products
Vol 46(2): Enrichment Strategies for Laboratory Animals

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WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS OF INTEREST

Current Challenges in Animal Biosafety and Biosecurity (Press release PDF)

CDC 9th International Symposium on Biosafety
January 21-25, 2006
Crowne Plaza Ravinia
Atlanta, GA

For more information, go to www.eagleson.org or e-mail cdcsymposium@eagleson.org.

Assessment and Treatment of Pain and Distress in Animals Conference
February 9, 2006
Doubletree Guest Suites
Fort Lauderdale, FL

For more information, go to www.theawengroup.com or contact info@theawengroup.com.

TestSmart DNT: Creating a Humane and Efficient Approach to Developmental Neurotoxicity Testing Symposium
March 13-15, 2006
Reston, VA

For more information, go to http://caat.jhsph.edu/.

Short Course on Laboratory Animal Science
June 12-15, 2006
Boston Marriott Newton
Newton, MA

For more information, contact Lisa Antolick at 978-658-6000 x1217 or lisa.antolick@crl.com, or go to Short Course on Laboratory Animal Science.

CAAT 25th Anniversary Symposium and Dinner
November 2, 2006
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, MD

For more information, contact Fiona Newton at 410-223-1614 or fnewton@jhsph.edu.

OTHER NEWS

NIH is soliciting new scientifically valid information, methods or practices, published data or other advances in the humane care and use of laboratory animals in order to explore the need to update the laboratory animal welfare standards of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The Request for Information, NOT-OD-06-011, contains additional details. All responses are due by February 28, 2006.

IACUC Review Information for institutions hosting investigators affected by Hurricane Katrina is on the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare website at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/katrina/katrina_faqs.htm#q11b. For more information, contact Ms. Carol Wigglesworth at 301-402-5913 or wigglesc@od.nih.gov.

Call for Posters, Abstracts, Models, and Simulations for AAVMC 2006 educational symposium, "The Use of Animals in Veterinary Medical Teaching: Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement," to be held March 9-10, 2006 in Washington, DC. Deadline is February 3, 2006. For more information, go to http://aavmc.org/.

New -- Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research established by Elsevier. For more information, contact Tony Trioli at a.trioli@elsevier.com.

New -- Fish Drug Analysis-Phish-Pharm, a searchable database, published in Vol. 7 No. 2 2005 of AAPS Journal, is available at www.aapsj.org. This resource is useful for investigators of drug metabolism and organizations involved in the drug approval process for aquatic species.

LABORATORY ANIMALS

The International Journal of Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare

Current Issue -- Volume 39(4) October 2005

Articles

Hair pulling: a review
V Reinhardt

The role of hair in swimming of laboratory mice: implications for behavioural studies in animals with abnormal hair
AV Kalueff, P Tuohimaa

A novel model for the investigation of orthotopically growing primary and secondary bone tumours using intravital microscopy
FM Klenke, T Merkle, J Fellenberg, A Abdollahi, P Huber, MM Gebhard, V Ewerbeck, A Sckell

Optimization of the MB49 mouse bladder cancer model for adenoviral gene therapy
A Loskog, C Ninalga, T Hedlund, M Alimohammadi, P-U Malmstrom, TH Totterman

Experience with mouse hepatitis virus sanitation in three transplantable murine tumour lines
F Dagnaes-Hansen, MR Horsman

Monitoring a mouse colony for H. bilis using a Helicobacter genus-specific nested PCR
K Jacobsen, E Mahabir, M Brielmeir, P Wilhelm, K E Seidel, J Schmidt

Rat strains differ in antibody response to natural Haemophilus species infection
R Boot, L van den Berg, HA Van Lith, JL Veenema

Safe and reproducible shift to gnotobiotic or germ-free status of mouse stocks via embryo transfer in a sealed isolator environment
J Inzunza, T Midtvedt, M Fartoo, E Norin, E Osterlund, A-K Persson, L Ahrlund-Richter

Prolonged recovery and respiratory depression after fentanyl infusion in a sheep undergoing mitral valve reconstruction
PW Kronen, OL Levionnois, FS Eckstein, YPS Moens

Percutaneous cervical oesophageal cannulation in the dog for the performance of prolonged oesophageal pH and manometric studies
EM Clary, RJ Manson, S Lagoo, TN Pappas, S Eubanks

Running wheel choice by Syrian hamsters
SG Reebs, P St-Onge

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