522 Pages 109 Color & 41 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

522 Pages 109 Color & 41 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The second edition of The Minipig in Biomedical Research is a comprehensive resource for research scientists on the use of the minipig in basic and applied biomedical research. Written by experts in the field, coverage extends from the minipig’s origins, anatomy, genetics, immunology, pathology and physiology to its welfare, health, and husbandry; practical dosing and examination procedures;... Read more

Chapter 0 – Introduction

Anthony Dayan, Andrew Makin, Kenneth Hastings, and Niels-Christian Ganderup

Chapter 1 – The Göttingen Minipig
Maja Ramløse, Susi Søgaard, and Kirsten Rosenmay Jacobsen

 

Chapter 2 – Sinclair Nanopig

Guy Bouchard, Derek Brocksmith, Yafei Chen, Wendell Davis, and Shayne Gad  

 

Chapter 3 - The Yucatan minipig in research : A compendium

Alain Stricker-Kongrad, Derek Brocksmith, and Guy Bouchard

 

Chapter 4 - The Ossabaw miniature pig

Peter M. H. Heegaard, Yaolei Zhang, Mouhamad Alloosh, and Michael Sturek

 

Chapter 5 - The Bama minipig

Sue McPherson

 

Chapter 6 – Husbandry and Management

Roberta Scipioni Ball

 

Chapter 7 – Diseases of minipigs

Nanna Grand

 

Chapter 8 - Animal welfare standards around the world.  AAALAC and beyond

Peter Clausing and Javier Guillén

 

Chapter 9 - Common surgical procedures for minipigs

Adrian Zeltner

 

Chapter 10 - Species selection for nonclinical programmes

Scott E Boley, Pallavi B. Limaye, and Guy Bouchard

 

Chapter 11 - Regulatory aspects of the use of minipigs in the development of pharmaceuticals for human use

Renqin Duan, Abigail Jacobs, Jan-Willem van der Laan, and Jianyong Wang

 

Chapter 12 - Regulatory Acceptance of the Minipig in Non-Pharmaceutical Industry and Research

Warren Harvey

 

Chapter 13 - The Minipig and Pig in Medical Device Research

Shayne Gad

 

Chapter 14 - Dermal toxicology in the minipig : skin architecture, metabolism, penetration and toxicological and pharmacological methods

William J. Brock, Drew Badger, and Andrew Makin

 

Chapter 15 - The Gastrointestinal Tract

Chris Van Ginneken

 

Chapter 16 - Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

Alan Dahl Rasmussen Karen Malene Wegener

 

Chapter 17 - The kidney

Anthony D Dayan

 

Chapter 18 – Skeletal system

Hideki Tsutsumi

 

Chapter 19 - The minipig in regulatory guidelines for DART and juvenile toxicity studies

Edward Marsden and Sisse Ellemann-Laursen

 

Chapter 20 - The minipig eye as a model for preclinical toxicology

Mark Vézina, Ryan Boyd, and Martin Bussières

 

Chapter 21 - Oral Biology and Dental Models

Susan W. Herring, Lei Hu, Yiming Li, Zi-Jun (Zee) Liu, Tracy E. Popowics, Doris H. Rosero Salazar, and Songlin Wang

 

Chapter 22 - The use of the minipig as a suitable species for inhalation administration

Alice McNamara, Simon Moore, and Samuel Eniola

 

Chapter 23 - The Minipig in Safety Pharmacology

Andrea Greiter-Wilke and Stephane Milano

 

Chapter 24 - Spontaneous/background pathology of minipigs

Kris Helke

 

Chapter 25 - Immunological tools for minipig research

Peter M. H. Heegaard, Evelina Šťastná, Gitte Erbs, and Gregers Jungersen

 

Chapter 26 - Immunotoxicology

André H. Penninks and Kenneth L. Hastings

 

Chapter 27 - Osteoporosis Model in Minipigs

Hideki Tsutsumi, Satoshi Ikeda, and Toshitaka Nakamura

 

Chapter 28 - Use of minipigs in advanced therapy development

Pramila Singh and Keith Sutton

 

Chapter 29 - Xenotransplantation

Henk-Jan Schuurman, Melanie L. Graham, Thomas Spizzo, and Clive Patience

 

Chapter 30 - Digital biomarkers and AI

Szczepan Baran and Tomas Norton

 

 

Biography

Andrew Makin, BA, MSc, ERT, MRSB, is working as an independent toxicology consultant, having previously worked for nearly 40 years in contract research both in the UK and in Denmark. His experience covers a wide range of study types, involving many different species, and products from pharmaceuticals (large and small molecules), chemicals to medical devices and beyond. He has worked for more than 20 years with minipigs as a preclinical testing species and was one of the first appointees as Minipig Ambassador by Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs.

Anthony D. Dayan, LLB, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FBTS, retired as Professor of Toxicology at St Bartholomews Hospital Medical College, (now part of Queen Mary’s University) London. His previous posts included Head of Toxicology, Wellcome Foundation Research UK. He has been a member of regulatory and advisory committees for foods, pesticides and medicines, and for animal experimentation for WHO, EU, British and German governments, and he has consulted widely for biotech and pharmaceutical firms.

Kenneth L. Hastings, Dr.P.H., D.A.B.T., Fellow A.T.S. earned his Doctor of Public Health degree from the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 1987. He completed his doctoral research at the Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology. Dr. Hastings served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Fiji. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Pharmacology/Toxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arizona. From 1991 – 2007 Dr. Hastings served  in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, in various positions including as an Associate Director in the Office of New Drugs (2003 – 2007). Dr. Hastings was Associate Vice President for Regulatory Policy, Sanofi US. He served in many professional societies (President, Society of Toxicology Immunotoxicology Specialty Section; President, American College of Toxicology; President, SOT Regulatory and Safety Evaluation SS). Dr. Hastings served as President of the American Board of Toxicology. He is currently an independent consultant specializing in toxicology studies in drug development.

Niels-Christian Ganderup, MSc, MBA, is Snr. Business Development Manager at Copenhagen Capacity where he is engaged in attracting life science investments into the Medicon Valley region centered around Copenhagen. Prior to this he was in specialist clinical genetics testing company providing cutting edge genetic analysis for complex diseases in neurology and endocrinology. Before this he worked with engagement worldwide with academic, pharmaceutical, and other industrial research organizations and CROs in comparing the value of the minipig and other species in research and testing programs in pharmacology and toxicology. He founded the Minipig Research Forum which organizes annual scientific conferences in Europe about all aspects of the use of minipigs in biomedical research.