Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume II: Animal Models - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849343909 ISBN 13: 9780849343902

Publisher: CRC Press, 1994

Synopsis

This two-volume set presents a comprehensive description of laboratory animal genetics, diseases, health monitoring, nutrition, and the environmental impact on animal testing. It considers the ethics of animal experimentation through a complete review of European and North American legislation on the topic. It discusses alternatives to animal experiments, including the use of isolated organs, cell cultures, and computer simulations. The book also examines general methods, including experimental design and statistical evaluation, non-surgical and surgical techniques, anesthesia, and post-mortem examinations. Reviews of animal models for studying diseases of different organ systems, infectious diseases, cancer, and toxicology are featured as well.

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Synopsis

The second volume in a two-volume set which offers a comprehensive description of laboratory animal genetics, diseases, health monitoring, nutrition and the environmental impact on animal testing. It considers the ethics of animal experimentation through a complete review of European and North American legislation on the topic and discusses alternatives to animal experiments, including the use of isolated organs, cell cultures and computer simulations. The book also examines general methods, including experimental design and statistical evalutation, non-surgical and surgical techniques, anaesthesia and post-mortem examinations. Reviews of animal models for studying diseases, cancer and toxicology are featured as well. This book is intended for pharmaceutical researchers, medical researchers, veterinarians, physiologists, toxicologists, laboratory animal associations and groups concerned about the ethics of animal experimentation.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0849343909
• ISBN 13: 9780849343902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Hau Jann, Svendsen Per, Schapiro Steven J.