Surgery, Anesthesia and Experimental Techniques in Swine

From The Critics

Reviewer: Peter D. Constable, BVSc(Hons), MS, PhD(University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description: This is a guide for researchers using swine as an experimental animal, with emphasis on anesthesia, instrumentation, and surgical techniques. It contains 329 pages in 15 chapters.
Purpose: The focus is to provide a resource for researchers unfamiliar with swine. This laudable objective is needed since swine provide an excellent model for studying many disease processes, including human cardiovascular disease. The book successfully fulfills its primary aim.
Audience: The editor intends the book to be read by researchers, veterinarians, and animal technicians contemplating using swine as experimental animals. The book assumes a basic level of understanding of anatomical, surgical, and anesthetic principles, and is therefore most suited for use by physicians and veterinarians. The editor is well qualified to write such a book.
Features: Detailed coverage of anesthetic techniques and surgical procedures, organized by organ system, is provided; an up-to-date review of available techniques, with many valuable black and white illustrations, and sufficient numbers of appropriate references are also provided.
Assessment: This is a valuable reference for experimental procedures in swine. It should be required reading for investigators using the pig as a research animal, particularly when surgical instrumentation and anesthesia are required.

Peter D. Constable

This is a guide for researchers using swine as an experimental animal, with emphasis on anesthesia, instrumentation, and surgical techniques. It contains 329 pages in 15 chapters. The focus is to provide a resource for researchers unfamiliar with swine. This laudable objective is needed since swine provide an excellent model for studying many disease processes, including human cardiovascular disease. The book successfully fulfills its primary aim. The editor intends the book to be read by researchers, veterinarians, and animal technicians contemplating using swine as experimental animals. The book assumes a basic level of understanding of anatomical, surgical, and anesthetic principles, and is therefore most suited for use by physicians and veterinarians. The editor is well qualified to write such a book. Detailed coverage of anesthetic techniques and surgical procedures, organized by organ system, is provided; an up-to-date review of available techniques, with many valuable black and white illustrations, and sufficient numbers of appropriate references are also provided. This is a valuable reference for experimental procedures in swine. It should be required reading for investigators using the pig as a research animal, particularly when surgical instrumentation and anesthesia are required.

Booknews

A practical and technical guide for medical and veterinary researchers using swine as experimental animals, but also describes anesthetic protocols and other procedures helpful to veterinarians providing clinical care to pet pigs or in agricultural practice. The sections on surgery assume a fundamental knowledge of it, and others serve as primers on species-species differences in anatomy and physiology. The surgical techniques described are manual, because they are more applicable to most research labs and can be adapted as new technology becomes available. Many of the uses described are relatively new as swine are being substituted for other species such as dogs and primates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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