A simple method of obtaining repeated venous blood samples from the conscious rat.
A method for repeated venous blood sampling from the conscious, unrestrained rat is described using a silastic femoral vein catheter buried within a scrotal pouch.
D000818:Animals; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005268:Femoral Vein; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior