Epileptic Gerbils

Penultimate Animal Class on selecting which animal models to use.

"You know that old expression...you can't get blood out of a turnip. Well a mouse is pretty small, so if you want an animal model for blood analysis, I wouldn't use a mouse."

"Gerbils are particularly prone to epilepsy - don't move around too fast or you'll give them seizures. Depending on what you want to study, gerbils may not be the best model."