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Sprague Dawley Rat
The general model for the study of human health in detecting disease is the Sparague Dawley rat. Such breed of the rodent family serves as a superb model for toxicology, reproduction and pharmacology as well as behavioral research areas.
Anatomy of Sprague Dawley rat
An adult body has a mass of 250 to 300 grams in females. For the males, they weigh about 450 to 520 grams. Both genders only last for about 2.5 to 3.5 years with a respiratory rate of 70-115 breaths per minute and heart rate of 250-450 beats per minute.
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Overview
Most common gamut of sicknesses known as plasma cell dyscrasias, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) denotes the presence of immunoglobin. It is called as M- protein in the serum or urine in individuals sans the proof of multiple myeloma (MM), waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), amyloidosis (AL) and other lymphoproliferative disorders.
MM is a consistently fatal sickness which differs from a sickness where it does not require therapy at first to an aggressive or advanced stage. Determining between mutiple myeloma (MM) and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is crucial due to the fact that patients are conservatively treated and need no chemotherapy.
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Health Highlights: June 12, 2007 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Proposal would change health, pension coverage (USA Today)
Workers would no longer get their health and retirement benefits directly from employers, but would shop through regional “benefit administrators,” under a proposal released today by a group representing more than 100 of the nation’s largest employers, including IBM, Tyco, DuPont and General Motors.
Mean Corpuscular Volume
Overview
Defined as a measure of the average red blood cell, mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is also reported as part of a standard complete blood count.
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Mean Platelet Volume
Identified as a measurement of the average size of platelets, MPV is typically comprised in blood examinations. It is a fact that the average platelet size is larger when the body generates greater numbers of which, the results can be used to determine inferences about its production in the bone marrow
Mean platelet volume (MPV) can only be recognized by automated analyzers such as Advia. This a device that means it is in a manner analogous to that described by mean corpuscular volume (MCV) for red blood cells.
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