Guinea pigs are also challenging to intubate or to dose orally due to their unique pharyngeal anatomy; an elongated soft palate covers the back of the throat, leaving only the small palatal ostium for access to the trachea and esophagus. C Availability and Sources The shorthair albino English ...
Swine are the model of choice for most of the laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures because of their size and anatomy. Catheter delivery of interventional devices has also been studied extensively in swine. Transplantation research has been performed on the heart, lung, liver, kidney, and viscera....
and therefore the animal's anatomy is exposed for the various operations which must be performed. The pig's feet are held off any supporting surface, and therefore he cannot wriggle away during the time that he is being worked upon. Any wriggling results in the pig being held more tightly....
These regions overlapped with QTLs1 (n = 147), which represent traits related with health traits (109 QTLs-blood parameters and immune capacity), meat and carcass traits (15 QTLs-anatomy, fatness, meat color and texture), reproductive traits (14 QTLs-litter traits and reproductive organs), ...