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Question
Hello Sir/madam
my question is "How to observe Twitches in mice and rats in studying Acute toxicity studies?"

Answer
Hello Vinay,

I've never had to observe rodents in toxicity studies before, but one suggestion might be to record the animal upon administering the drug and then analyze the tape to determine and record muscle spasms and tremors.

Here's a file that might be beneath you, but could still be helpful:
http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/oct102007/917.pdf
Check out the section titled "Signs Recorded During Acute Toxicity Studies" on page 2.

Please feel free to contact me again with more details, if I've not answered your question well enough.

Thanks!
-Tam