title: The woodchuck, Marmota monax, as a laboratory animal.
abstract: The woodchuck or groundhog (Marmota monax) has been used as a biomedical model for studies of obesity and energy balance, endocrine and metabolic function, central nervous system control mechanisms and cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and neoplastic disease. Methods of care of a woodchuck colony, techniques for handling, restraint, anesthesia, blood sampling and breeding were developed.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001835:Body Weight; D001947:Breeding; D006605:Hibernation; D006799:Housing, Animal; D008392:Marmota / Q000502:physiology*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons