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Title Dogs : laboratory animal management / Committee on Dogs, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 138 pages)
Contents Criteria for selecting experimental animals -- Genetic factors -- Biologic factors -- Behavioral factors -- Hazards -- Husbandry -- Housing -- Exercise and environmental enrichment -- Food -- Water -- Bedding and resting apparatuses -- Sanitation -- Identification and records -- Emergency, weekend and holiday care -- Transportation -- Management of breeding colonies -- Reproduction -- Neonatal care -- Reproductive problems -- Special nutritional requirements -- Vaccination and deworming -- Socialization of pups -- Record keeping -- Veterinary care -- Procurement -- Control of infectious diseases -- Control of parasitic diseases -- Recognition and alleviation of pain and distress -- Surgery and postsurgical care -- Euthanasia -- Special considerations -- Protocol review -- Restraint -- Special care for animal models -- Aging -- Cardiovascular disease -- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome -- Endocrinologic diseases -- Hematologic diseases -- Immunologic diseases -- Lysosomal storage diseases -- Muscular dystrophy -- Neurologic disorders -- Ophthalmologic disorders -- Orthopedic disorders -- Radiation injury -- Gene therapy
Summary Examines the controversies over proper cage sizes and interpretation of federal requirements for exercise and offers recommendations for researchers. This book includes guidelines on how to recognize and alleviate pain and distress in research dogs and on the sensitive topic of euthanasia. It is useful for researchers and research administrators
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Dogs as laboratory animals.
Dogs.
Laboratory animals.
Dogs
Animals, Laboratory
PETS -- Dogs -- General.
Laboratory animals
Dogs
Dogs as laboratory animals
Form Electronic book
Author Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Committee on Dogs.
LC no. 94000960
ISBN 0585027498
9780585027494
9786610196265
6610196265
1280196262
9781280196263
0309584698
9780309584692