Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine - Softcover

Hrapkiewicz, Karen; Medina, Leticia; Holmes, Donald D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813825555 ISBN 13: 9780813825557

Publisher: Iowa State Pr, 1707

Synopsis

Updates Donald Holmes' 1984 guide to the veterinary care of animals used in research and often kept as pets. Includes information on unique anatomic and physiological characteristics, care and maintenance, common diseases, and recommended treatment. Covers rodents, rabbits, ferrets, and nonhuman primates. Holmes is now retired, but listed as the third author. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Author:

Leticia Medina is Manager of Animal Welfare and Compliance, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL.

From the Back Cover:

Now in its third edition, Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine serves as an introductory resource for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, and laboratory staff on treatment and management of laboratory animals, including mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, chinchillas, rabbits, ferrets, and non-human primates.

Each species chapter follows a simple and easy-to-use format, covering behavior, anatomic and physiological features, breeding and reproduction, husbandry, handling and restraint, blood collection, urine collection, drug administration, anesthesia, surgery, postoperative care, therapeutic agents, and diseases. Convenient tables supply essential biological and physiological data, blood values, and information on drug dosaging. Appendices include normal values or hematological data and serum biochemical data, as well as a listing of organizations in laboratory animal medicine.

Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine not only facilitates safe and humane treatment of animals in laboratory settings but also can serve as a practical guide for veterinary practitioners and technicians who are faced with many of these same species in daily practice.

• Features new chapters introducing the field of laboratory animal medicine, the research envirinment, and regulations governing animals used in research.
• Now includes quality photographs throughout and CD-ROM of additional resources
• Provided quick access to information in the same user-friendly fomat

About this edition

• Publisher: Iowa State Pr
• Publication date: 1707
• ISBN 10: 0813825555
• ISBN 13: 9780813825557
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277