AFRMA Books
AFRMA
Breeding Rats & Mice
Care and Guidelines
5th Edition, 2009
7x8½, 112 pages

CONTENTS

Articles
  • Breeding Rats & Mice by Karen Robbins
    4
    • General
      4
      • Finding Homes
        4
    • Boys & Girls
      5
    • Breeding Time
      6
      • 2 Fathers Sire 1 Litter???
        6
      • Fertile Mice
        7
    • Methods of Breeding
      7
      • Inbreeding
        7
      • Line Breeding
        7
      • Crossbreeding or Outcrossing
        8
    • Care of the Expectant Mom
      8
      • Parturition
        9
      • Abandonment/Killing
        9
      • Checking The Babies Out
        10
      • Milking Time
        10
      • Colostrum
        10
      • Sexing
        11
      • The Babies Grow Up
        11
      • Eyes Open Early in Rats
        12
    • Problems
      13
      • Hairless Rat Mothers
        13
      • Problem Pregnancy
        14
      • C-Section Information
        14
      • Aborting Litters
        15
      • Fostering/Orphans
        16
      • Raising Newborn Rats/Mice: update
        19
    • Culling
      19
      • Birth Defects/Genetic Problems
        19
      • Bloating
        19
      • Megacecum & Megacolon: Development Disorders in the Enteric Nervous System in Rats
        20
    • “Breeding Rats & Mice” References
      23
  • Breeding Rats by Ann Storey, N.F.R.S. England
    24
    • Part 1 – Biology
      24
    • Part 2 – Breeding for Exhibition
      30
  • N.F.R.S. Breeding & Showing Seminar by Veronica Simmons, N.F.R.S. England
    42
  • Breeding for Show & Exhibition by Lisa Grove, N.F.R.S. England
    44
  • Pheromones and Mouse Behavior by Ivan Golakoff
    48
  • Know The Facts Before Breeding Your Rat or Mouse by Nichole Royer
    49
  • A Responsible Breeder’s Code of Ethics by Nichole Royer
    51
  • Breeding, Beyond the Basics: by Nichole Royer
    53
    • Ethics
      53
    • The Breeding Chart
      56
    • What Kind of Breeder Are You?
      59
    • Outcrossing, Line Breeding, Inbreeding by Nichole Royer and Karen Robbins
      62
  • Inbreeding and the Rat Fancy by John Wells
    67
  • Inbreeding by Nichole Royer
    69
  • Casual Breeding
    70
  • Type by Nichole Royer
    71
    • The Myth Of The English Mouse
      74
  • Mouse Keeping, The Ideal Type by Virginia Pochmann
    75
  • On The Show Bench: What is Condition? by Nichole Royer
    78
  • “How can I tell if my females is pregnant?”
    79
  • Baby Rat Development by Carol Lawton
    82
  • Record Keeping by Karen Hauser
    85
  • Record Keeping
    88
    • Sample Record Forms
      91
  • Mouse Keeping: Record Keeping in the Mousery by Virginia Pochmann
    95
  • References
    98
  • Glossary of Terms
    98
  • Sexing Rats
    99
  • Sexing Mice
    100
  • Sexing Babies
    101
    • Sexing Mouse Babies
      102
    • Sexing Rat Babies
      103
  • Index
    105

Tables, Tips
  • GENERAL FACTS
    4
  • REPRODUCTIVE FACTS
    5
  • BABY FACTS
    7
  • RAT & MOUSE MILK FACTS
    17
  • Milk Constituents In The Mouse
    17
  • Milk Formulas
    17
  • Rat Milk
    18
  • Tip
    22
  • General Time Table of a Litter
    30
  • TIDBITS
    41
  • Useful Tip
    43
  • Serenading Mice
    48
  • “FANCY” What Does It Mean?
    52
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