Journal
LABORATORY ANIMALS
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 565-576Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0023677218769921
Keywords
handling techniques; ethics and welfare; husbandry; nutrition; laboratory animal welfare; animal model; organisms and models
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- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [PTDC/BIA-ANM/0697/2014, UID/BIM/04773/2013]
- Center for Biomedical Research, University of Algarve [UID/BIM/04773/2013 CBMR]
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The African spiny mouse (Acomys spp.) is an emerging animal model with remarkable biological characteristics that make it a subject of interest for a broad range of research fields. Typically a desert species adapted to a low-calorie diet, spiny mice develop diabetes-related symptoms when switched to high-energy diets. Spiny mice undergo relatively long gestation periods and have small litters of highly developed pups, making them an adequate model for late organogenesis and perinatal biology. Recently, they have been shown to have remarkable healing and regeneration capabilities, which make them unique among mammals. In this work, we describe our experience in housing a colony of African spiny mice and cover all basic aspects of feeding, maintenance and breeding for research purposes.
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