Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare

描述

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare
Third Edition

By: SARAH WOLFENSOHN,
MAGGIE LLOYD, .
Paperback

244 x 172mm, 6.77 x 9.61in
Illustrations: 43
Pages: 432

This third edition of the bestseller Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management & Welfare has been fully revised and updated making it an essential handbook for all those working with animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986. Designed to be a practical reference book, it covers every area of animal care and aims to improve animal welfare through best practice and refinement of techniques. It covers principles applicable to all species, including training of licensees, the regulatory framework, euthanasia, management of pain and stress, anaesthesia and surgery, and also includes specific sections on biology and husbandry.

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Contents

1. Education and training for the licence holder

2. The regulatory framework

3. Health, safety and security

4. Pain, stress and humane end points

5. Humane methods of killing

6. Introduction to laboratory animal husbandry

7. Anaesthesia of laboratory animals

8. Management of pain, suffering, distress and lasting harm

9. Conduct of minor procedures

10. Introduction to surgery and suturing

11. The project licence application

12. Small laboratory animals

13. Genetically modified animals and harmful mutants

14. Carnivores

15. Primates

16. The larger domestic species

17. Birds

18. Amphibia

19. Wild animals

Glossary