The UFAW Handbook on The Care and Management of Laboratory Animals has become a sacred text for those concerned with the husbandry of laboratroy animals, and the inclusion of some wild species has also proved it to be of value to zoos and aquaria.
The UFAW Handbook provides up-to-date information which will enable all laboratories, wherever situated, to provide the best care possible for their animals.
Volume 1:
- presents the latest edition of a world-classic book on husbandry of animals kept in the laboratory and for some wild species kept for display
- is entirely devoted to terrestrial vertebrates of the world, ranging from reptiles to nonhuman primates
- features more than 230 drawings and black-and-white photographs enhance descriptions.
Volume 2:
- devoted to aquatic and amphibious vertebrates
- two groups of higher invertebrates- the Cephalopoda and the decapod Crustacea
- features more than 45 drawings and black-and-white photographs
Contents
Volume 1: Terrestrial Vertebrates
The Laboratory Animal
- Defining Laboratory Animals
- Environmental Enrichment for Vertebrates
- Training Laboratory Animals
- Animal Production and Breeding Methods
- Nutrition and Feeding
- Introduction to Laboratory Animal Genetics
Animal Units
- The Animal House: Design, Equipment and Environmental Control
- The Tropical Animal House
- Safety and Hygiene
- Transporting Animals
Species Kept in the Laboratory
- The Laboratory Opossum
- Australian Marsupials
- Tree Shrews
- Bats
- Introduction to Rodents
- Wild Rats and Mice
...and chapters 17-46
Reptiles
- Terrestrial Reptiles: Lizards, Snakes and Tortoises
Index
Volume 2: Amphibious and Aquatic Vertebrates & Advanced Invertebrates
The Captive Environment
- Life Support Systems for Aquatic Research Centres
Vertebrates
- Introduction to Fish
- Freshwater Fish
- Marine Fish
- Amphibians
- Aquatic Reptiles
Invertebrates
- Cephalopods
- Decapod Crustaceans
Index
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