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상품명 Manual of Animal Technology
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저자 Stephen Barnett
상품코드 P0000CMC
출판사 Blackwell
발행일 2007
페이지 440 pages, 195 illustrations.
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Manual of Animal Technology

Edited by: Stephen Barnett

Description

Manual of Animal Technology is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the care of animals used in scientific procedures. Legal and welfare issues are covered as well as the husbandry of mammals and birds used in scientific studies.


 

  • individual chapters have been written by leading experts
  • explains the law governing scientific procedures using animals
  • describes best practice in breeding and husbandry of laboratory animals
  • outlines the care of animals during and following experimental procedures
  • specifically designed to be a student text and a reference manual
  • clearly illustrated
  • sponsored by the Institute of Animal Technology

    Table of Contents

     

  • Supply and production of protected animals;

  • The mouse;

  • The rat;

  • The hamster;

  • The guinea pig; The rabbit;

  • The ferret;

  • The cat;

  • The dog;

  • The common marmoset;

  • Old world primates;

  • Zebra fish;

  • The African clawed frog;

  • Genetically altered animals;

  • Reproductive physiology;

  • Genetic monitoring of inbred strains;

  • Microbiological control of laboratory animals;

  • Farm animal introduction;

  • Cattle;

  • Sheep;

  • Goats;

  • Pigs;

  • Horses;

  • Chickens;

  • Quail;

  • Nutrition;

  • Animal drinking water;

  • Transport of animals;

  • Biodecontamination;

  • Animals with defined microbiological status;

  • Isolation of laboratory animals which are a potential infection risk;

  • The environment;

  • Disease;

  • Parasitology;

  • The law and laboratory animals;

  • The ethical implications of the use of animals in scientific procedures;

  • Good laboratory practice;

  • Experimental procedures;

  • An introduction to Telemetry in laboratory animal;

  • Surgical techniques;

  • Anaesthesia and perio-operative care;

  • Euthanasia;

  • Appendices;

  • Glossary

     

    About the Author

    After leaving school Stephen Barnett spent 18 years on the technical staff of the Royal Veterinary College, London. For the last 25 years he has been involved in the education of animal technicians and technologists, initially at the City of Westminster College, London and latterly as an independent education consultant.