Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava.

of blood collection for rodents" (Reinhardt ... Blood sampling from the retro-orbital plexus, the saphenous vein and the tail vein in rats: comparative effects on selected behavioural and blood ...

First, she submerges the rat's tail in a cup of warm water (50 ... Furthermore, it conforms to the V-A rule (infusion into vein and blood collection from artery) that is optimal for many metabolic ...