Efficacy of Bur. extract in ethylene glycol-induced urolithiasis model in SD rats.

The development of new herbal preparations for the treatment of urolithiasis is an urgent task of medical science. Ficus have attracted the attention of pharmacologists due to a wide range of biological properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal activity. We studied the effectiveness of Bur.

Comparative Study of the Aftereffect of CO Inhalation or Tiletamine-Zolazepam-Xylazine Anesthesia on Laboratory Outbred Rats and Mice.

CO inhalation is currently the most common method of euthanasia for laboratory rats and mice, and it is often used for further terminal blood sampling for clinical biochemical assays. Lately, this method has been criticized due to animal welfare issues associated with some processes that develop after CO inhalation. The stress reaction and the value of the clinical laboratory parameters significantly depend on the used anesthetics, method, and the site of blood sampling.