The Mouse in Biomedical Research: Diseases: Volume 2 (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123694566 ISBN 13: 9780123694560

Publisher: Academic Press, 2006

Synopsis

Diseases, the second volume in the four volume set, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, departs from the first edition, by discussing specific disease causing microorganisms, rather than the format used in the first edition which discussed infectious diseases affecting specific organs and tissues. As such, the volume consists of 26 chapters subdivided into RNA viruses and DNA viruses, as well as bacterial, mycotic, and parasitic infections. These chapters not only provide updates on pathogenesis, epidemiology and prevention of previously recognized murine pathogens, but also include information on newly recognized disease-causing organisms: mouse parvovirus, cilia associated respiratory bacilli and Helicobacter spp. A separate category, consisting of 3 chapters, discusses zoonoses, tumor pathology of genetically engineered mice, and spontaneous diseases in commonly used mouse strains.

About this title

Review:

An entire volume devoted to the latest research in mouse diseases

About the Author:

James G. Fox, DVM, MS, DACLAM, is a Professor and Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine and a Professor in the Division of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Diplomate and a past president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, past president of the Massachusetts Society of Medical Research, past chairman of AAALAC Council, and past chairman of the NCCR/NIH Comparative Medicine Study Section. He also is an elected fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Professor Fox is the author of over 490 articles, 80 chapters, 3 patents and has edited and authored 13 texts in the field of in vivo model development and comparative medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0123694566
• ISBN 13: 9780123694560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 776
• Editor: Fox James G., Barthold Stephen, Davisson Muriel, Newcomer Christian E., Quimby Fred W., Smith Abigail