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Details basic information and common procedures for individuals performing research with hamsters and gerbils. This book includes details on duties of animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures. It is suitable for researchers, investigators, lab technicians and animal caretakers.

Details basic information and common procedures for individuals performing research with hamsters and gerbils. This book includes details on duties of animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures. It is suitable for researchers, investigators, lab technicians and animal caretakers.

Xenopus have gained increasing popularity as a laboratory animal and continue to serve as an important part of biomedical research. This book offers a practical reference to the care and maintenance of captive clawed frogs.

Presenting information and common procedures for those whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures, this book includes references to alternative procedures and methods and suggests possible sources and suppliers of animals, feed, sanitation supplies, and cages.

Laboratory animals, including dogs, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. This book presents a reference source for animal caretakers, technicians, veterinarians, and researchers who need to care for and use the canine in a research setting.

Intended for technicians working with non-human primates in biomedical research, this book includes management practices and technical procedures on a variety of topics including restraint, intubation, tuberculin skin testing, blood, urine, and bone marrow collection, and canine disarming.

This book provides a basic, practical understanding of anesthesia for the commonly used rodent species: rats, mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, and gerbils. The main foci are to understand the basic anesthetic machine and commonly used breathing circuits, anesthetic agent pharmacology, pain management, pre-, peri- and post-operative care, and other select, special techniques. The book is informative, user-friendly, and easily understood. It focuses on essential matters to achieve safe and sound anesthesia and on topics relevant to research study and interest.

Due to the unique nature of developing animal models of human diseases and disorders, many of the standard approaches to veterinary care cannot be applied to the laboratory animal. The first comprehensive resource for common treatment approaches to emergencies and critical cases in laboratory animal medicine, this book shows readers how to administer patient-tailored care based upon knowledge of the characteristics of the animal species, the human disease model of research interest, and practical, economic, and regulatory factors.

Laboratory animals, including dogs, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. This book presents a reference source for animal caretakers, technicians, veterinarians, and researchers who need to care for and use the canine in a research setting.

Presenting information and common procedures for those whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures, this book includes references to alternative procedures and methods and suggests possible sources and suppliers of animals, feed, sanitation supplies, and cages.

Second only to the mouse and rat, Zebrafish are the most popular animal model in biomedical research. This guide covers various aspects pertaining to the use of these organisms including humane care and management, husbandry, compliance, technical procedures, veterinary care, housing, and water quality management.

Xenopus have gained increasing popularity as a laboratory animal and continue to serve as an important part of biomedical research. This book offers a practical reference to the care and maintenance of captive clawed frogs.

Details basic information and common procedures for individuals performing research with small ruminants. This title includes details on duties of animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures. It is suitable for researchers, investigators, lab technicians and animal caretakers alike.

Laboratory animals, including rats, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. As such, the humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. This guide presents basic information and common procedures in detail to provide a quick reference source for investigators, technicians, and caretakers in the laboratory setting. The second edition of this bestseller has been thoroughly expanded and updated. The new edition now features full-color illustrations to provide greater clarity to the techniques and concepts discussed. The text serves as a valuable, handy reference for both experienced individuals and for those without extensive training in working with the rat.

With laboratory animals, especially rabbits, playing such an important role in biomedical research, the humane care of these animals is an ongoing concern. Thsi book presents basic information and common procedures in detail to provide a quick reference for caretakers, technicians, and researchers in a laboratory setting.

The Laboratory Animal Pocket Reference Series discusses procedures that ensure laboratory animals receive the best, most humane, and most responsible care possible.