Overview
Laboratory animals, including rats, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. This guide was created especially for individuals performing research with laboratory rats whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures involved with their research. Basic information and common procedures are presented in detail.
Incl. suggestions in the humane care/use; alternative procedures; sources/suppliers of feed, sanitation, cages etc
Synopsis
Laboratory animals, including rats, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. This guide was created especially for individuals performing research with laboratory rats whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures involved with their research. Basic information and common procedures are presented in detail.
Booknews
Keeping laboratory animals frisky is good science as well as humane. This concise reference on domesticated biology, husbandry, veterinary care, and experimental methodology should be especially valuable to researchers and caretakers at new and smaller research programs. Includes traditional and electronic resources on lab animal vendors, care and science; an extensive bibliography; and pages for notes. Plastic comb binding. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.