Manual of Animal Technology is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the care of animals used in scientific procedures.

Manual of Animal Technology features:

• individual chapters have been written by leading experts
• explains the law governing scientific procedures using animals
• describes best practice in breeding and husbandry of laboratory animals
• outlines the care of animals during and following experimental procedures
• specifically designed to be a student text and a reference manual
• clearly illustrated
• sponsored by the Institute of Animal Technology

Contents

1. Supply and production of protected animals
2. The mouse
3. The rat
4. The hamster
5. The guinea pig
6. The rabbit
7. The ferret
8. The cat
9. The dog
10. The common marmoset
11. Old world primates
12. Zebra fish
13. The African clawed frog
14. Genetically altered animals
15. Reproductive physiology
16. Genetic monitoring of inbred strains
17. Microbiological control of laboratory animals
18. Farm animal introduction
19. Cattle
20. Sheep
21. Goats
22. Pigs
23. Horses
24. Chickens
25. Quail
26. Nutrition
27. Animal drinking water
28. Transport of animals
29. Biodecontamination
30. Animals with defined microbiological status
31. Isolation of laboratory animals which are a potential infection risk
32. The environment
33. Disease
34. Parasitology
35. The law and laboratory animals
36. The ethical implications of the use of animals in scientific procedures
37. Good laboratory practice
38. Experimental procedures
39. An introduction to Telemetry in laboratory animal
40. Surgical techniques
41. Anaesthesia and perio-operative care
42. Euthanasia

Index

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