The woodchuck Marmota monax, as a laboratory animal [La marmotte Marmota monax, comme animal de laboratoire].

Résumé

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.