![]() ![]() But other relatively large mammals find greater implications in some specific research that desire more physiological resemblance to human, which include rabbits, guineapigs and hamsters (Dutta and Sengupta, 2018 Iwatsuki-Horimoto et al., 2018 Padilla-Carlin et al., 2008). ![]() Rodent models, namely mice and rats, are undoubtedly the most common laboratory animals owing to their small size, docility, adaptability, convenience in handling, low husbandry cost, fecundity, ease of genetic modulation and ready availability (Dutta and Sengupta, 2016 Sengupta, 2013). It is utmost crucial to establish the selection age criteria of the laboratory animal that will almost exactly mimic the age of human to which the research aims to actuate. Selection of laboratory animals should be as per specifications of the study and needs proper conception to relate the physiology and development of the laboratory animals with human. Laboratory animals are the core requirements for biomedical research. Age of Laboratory Hamster and Human: Drawing the Connexion. Biomed Pharmacol J 2019 12(1).ĭutta S, Sengupta P. This article will aid precision in biomedical research via selection of laboratory hamster of accurate age corresponding to human age, which is the most primary and essential criteria in animal based research.Īge Biomedical Research Developmental Biology Human Age Laboratory Hamstersĭownload this article as: Copy the following to cite this article:ĭutta S, Sengupta P. To resolve this issue, this is the first ever article where we have provided a concise perception of hamster days in human years by correlating their age at every major life stage. This simplistic calculation may not find universal relevance in biomedical research, given the accelerated non-uniform life stages of hamsters when matched with human. In this article, we have calculated that one human year equals 13.67 hamster days, considering their entire lifespan. In experimental design, it is inevitable to select laboratory animals of accurate age that can mimic the target human age in a specific research. They match beneficial traits of both smaller rodents and larger mammals that make them suitable for laboratory use, such as availability, breeding ease, greater tissue proportions and the like. Hamsters have unique physiological characteristics rendering them well-suited for biomedical research as experimental model. 1Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, MAHSA University, Malaysia.ĢDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, MAHSA University, Malaysia. ![]()
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