Nap: Infectious Diseases Of Mice & Rats Set (book & Companion) - Hardcover

NAP

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309037948 ISBN 13: 9780309037945

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1991

Synopsis

This new edition--a must for all researchers who use these lab animals-- provides practical suggestions for breeding, keeping, and identifying pathogen-free laboratory rodents. It contains three informative sections. The first, Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention, summarizes methods for eliminating infectious agents. It offers information on pathogen terminology; pathogen status of rodents; and breeding, transporting, isolating, testing, and diagnosing rodents. The second section, Individual Disease Agents and Their Effects on Research, describes the diagnosis and control of each infectious agent, and the last section, Diagnostic Indexes: Clinical Signs, Pathology, and Research Complications, contains informative tables covering all the diseases listed in the volume, arranged to help in the diagnosis of infected animals.

About this title

Synopsis

Provides practical suggestions for breeding, keeping, and identifying pathogen-free laboratory rodents. The first section summarizes methods for eliminating infectious agents, the second section describes the diagnosis and control of each infectious agent, and last section contains informative tables covering all the diseases listed in the volume,

About the Author

Committee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309037948
• ISBN 13: 9780309037945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 516