长爪沙鼠是一种野生啮齿动物。近年来,国外利用它作为实验动物,特别在丝虫病的研究方面,它是目前比较理想的淋巴寄居性丝虫的模型动物。我组为建立我国人体寄生丝虫的小型动物模型,于1973年8月开始在实验室内饲养该鼠。现将长爪沙鼠在实验室人工饲养条件下,生长和繁殖的观察记录整理报道如下。一、长爪沙鼠的饲养方法1.动物来源:长爪沙鼠又称蒙古沙鼠或黑爪蒙古沙鼠,属仓鼠科,沙鼠亚科(见前文图1、2,22页)。我组分别于1973年7月和1975年6月二次由内蒙古自治 Gerbil is a wild rodent. In recent years, it is used as an experimental animal abroad, especially in the study of filariasis, which is an ideal model animal for lymphatic filariasis. My group for the establishment of our human parasitic filarial small animal model, in August 1973 began to raise the mouse in the laboratory. Now the Mongolian gerbils in the laboratory artificial feeding conditions, growth and reproduction of the observation records are reported below. First, the Mongolian gerbil breeding methods 1 animal sources: Gerbil, also known as Mongolian gerbil or black claw Mongolian gerbils, is a hamster family, gerbils subfamily (see previous Figure 1, 2, 22 pages). My group respectively in July 1973 and June 1975 twice by Inner Mongolia Autonomous