Compound Administration IV

Source: Kay Stewart, RVT, RLATG, CMAR; Valerie A. Schroeder, RVT, RLATG. University of Notre Dame, IN

There are many commonly used routes for compound administration in laboratory mice and rats. Protocols may, however, require the use of the less commonly used routes: intracardiac, footpad, and re...

Intracardiac, retro orbital and footpad are some of the specialized injection methods that biomedical researchers use for experiments necessitating delivery of compounds via these atypical routes.

An intracardiac injection delivers the compound into the left ventricle allowing the substance to directly enter the arterial circulation. The r...