Parenteral injections.
This unit describes the techniques for the following routes of injection for mice, rats, hamsters and rabbits: intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, intravenous, intraperitoneal, footpad, and intrathymic. Guidelines are also given regarding injection volumes and temperatures, and the use of proper restraints.
Donovan
John
J
Wyeth Research, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
Brown
Patricia
P
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D006224:Cricetinae; D007267:Injections / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D007271:Injections, Intradermal / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D051379:Mice; D009115:Muridae; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary