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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495217903321

Titolo

Essentials of Laboratory Animal Science: Principles and Practices / / edited by P. Nagarajan, Ramachandra Gudde, Ramesh Srinivasan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

981-16-0987-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (797 pages)

Collana

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Disciplina

636.0885

Soggetti

Zoology

Veterinary microbiology

Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects

Veterinary medicine

Veterinary Microbiology

Animal Ethics

Veterinary Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Module 1_General Principles and regulations -- Module 2_Principles of Laboratory Animal Science -- Module 3_Laboratory Animal Techniques and practices -- Module 4_Specialty areas of Laboratory Animal Science.

Sommario/riassunto

This book comprehensively reviews the anatomy, physiology, genetics and pathology of laboratory animals as well as the principles and practices of using laboratory animals for biomedical research. It covers the design of buildings used for laboratory animals, quality control of laboratory animals, and toxicology, and discusses various animal models used for human diseases. It also highlights aspects, such as handling and restraint and administration of drugs, as well as breeding and feeding of laboratory animals, and provides guidelines for developing meaningful experiments using laboratory animals. Further, the book discusses various alternatives to animal experiments for drug and chemical testing, including their advantages over the current approaches. Lastly, it examines the potential effect of harmful pathogens on the physiology of laboratory animals and discusses the



state of art in in vivo imaging techniques. The book is a useful resource for research scientists, laboratory animal veterinarians, and students of laboratory animal medicine.