Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits - Hardcover

Barthold, Stephen W.; Griffey, Stephen M.; Percy, Dean H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118824245 ISBN 13: 9781118824245

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

Synopsis

Now in its fourth edition, Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits has become a standard text for veterinary pathologists, laboratory animal veterinarians, students, and others interested in these species.

• The standard reference on the pathogenesis and cardinal diagnostic features of diseases of mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and rabbits

• Expanded coverage of rabbit disease, normal anatomic features, and biology

• Over 450 color photographs illustrating gross and microscopic pathology

• Companion website offering images from the text in PowerPoint

About this title

About the Author

Stephen W. Barthold, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, Hon. Member ACLAM, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Veterinary and Medical Pathology at the University of California, Davis, and former Director of the UC Davis Center for Comparative Medicine. He has over 40 years of experience in laboratory animal pathology.

Stephen M. Griffey, DVM, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Laboratory Animal Pathology and Director of the Comparative Pathology Laboratory at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. He has over 20 years of experience in laboratory animal pathology.

Dean H. Percy, DVM, MSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVP, is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Pathobiology Department, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario. He has over 50 years of experience in veterinary pathology and laboratory animal pathology.

From the Back Cover

Now in its fourth edition, Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits has become a standard text for veterinary pathologists, laboratory animal veterinarians, students, and others interested in these species. Organized by species, coverage includes mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and rabbits with each chapter including pathogenesis and cardinal diagnostic features of naturally occurring diseases of laboratory animals.

Newly in color, this new edition features updates throughout, including expanded coverage on relevant normal anatomic features and biology of each species, as well as extensively expanded coverage of rabbit diseases. Diseases covered include viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic diseases, nutritional and metabolic disorders, behavioral disorders, aging and degenerative disorders, environment-related disease, and neoplasia.

Designed for ease of use, Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits provides easily accessible information on key diagnostic features, differential diagnoses, and significance of diseases. A companion website offers images from the book in PowerPoint for download.

Key Features

• The standard reference on the pathogenesis and cardinal diagnostic features of diseases of mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and rabbits

• Expanded coverage of rabbit disease, normal anatomic features, and biology

• Over 450 color photographs illustrating gross and microscopic pathology

• Companion website offering images from the text in PowerPoint

From the Inside Flap

Now in its fourth edition, Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits has become a standard text for veterinary pathologists, laboratory animal veterinarians, students, and others interested in these species. Organized by species, coverage includes mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and rabbits with each chapter including pathogenesis and cardinal diagnostic features of naturally occurring diseases of laboratory animals.

Newly in color, this new edition features updates throughout, including expanded coverage on relevant normal anatomic features and biology of each species, as well as extensively expanded coverage of rabbit diseases. Diseases covered include viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic diseases, nutritional and metabolic disorders, behavioral disorders, aging and degenerative disorders, environment-related disease, and neoplasia.  

Designed for ease of use, Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits provides easily accessible information on key diagnostic features, differential diagnoses, and significance of diseases. A companion website offers images from the book in PowerPoint for download.

Key Features

• The standard reference on the pathogenesis and cardinal diagnostic features of diseases of mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and rabbits

• Expanded coverage of rabbit disease, normal anatomic features, and biology

• Over 450 color photographs illustrating gross and microscopic pathology

• Companion website offering images from the text in PowerPoint

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118824245
• ISBN 13: 9781118824245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 384