· Proceedings of Okayama Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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Greeting from President

Keiichi Mittani··· . . . .• 1 Summary of Special Lecture

•Intra-feather follicular melanocortin system regulates feather pigmentation in birds

Sakae Takeuchi'" . . . • . . . . • . . . • . . . • . . . • . . . .. 3

•Analyses of the circadian clock using a cricket as an experimental animal:

Functional analysis of the clock geneperiod in circadian rhythm generation

Tomoaki Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Moriyama and Kenji Tomioka' . . • • . . • . . . • • . . . .. 7

•Starting from research into the mechanisms of sex determination and sexing - Some topics with mice, spiny rats, bovines, and others-

Shizuyo Sutou···· ...••...•..•....•.••.••.•...•••..••...•...• '11

· Possibility and usefulness of Maggot Debridement Therapy for diabetic ulcer

Hideya Mitsui··· 20

•Aatural spawning of "k mini-review on the human and algal visual gene

Chubun Sato··· 22

•N issing loach"(leptobotia curta) utilizing rice paddy field in fallow in Okayama city

Masakazu Ao' ...•..•...••... 27

•Migration limited in fresh water and adaptation to flood area of kissing loach - Ecological study of kissing loach in Yoshii River system, Okayama-

Tsukasa Abe' •...•...•...•...•. 31 Contributions

· Possibility that acupuncture & moxibustion is useful for animal's health

Yuzuru Kurabayashi··· 35

•Biochemical and histological effects of heat stress on experimental animals

Shinji Asanuma, Katsunori Sato, Mitsuru Ando and Ichisuke Kawahara··· '42

· Studies on the relation grow up for the fish by Far Infrared

Takeshi Ishii, Hiroshi Kimura, Reiko Nobuhara, Toshihiko Okada and Hoshito Hukuda' 50 "-

•Macroscopic observation in the morphology of suncus gastrointestine and a valuable experimental animal for the study of the gastrointestinal tract

Toru Takahashi, Tomomi Hara, Mari Noborikawa, Yuka Kawada, Sen-ichi Oda' 59 Introduction of the Animal Research Facilities in Japan

•Animal Experimental Facilities, Department of Animal Resources, Advanced Science Research Center, Okayama University

Katsurni Mominoki and Kazuhiko Ochiai' ..•...•....••...•....•.•...•.... 65 Meetings Highlights

•55th, and 56th Meeting News, and the Secretary Meeting News' 69

•By-Low of membership fee and Notes of Contributors 77

Member Directory' 78

Organization and Rules of the sociation' 83