Recognition and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals

Clear guidelines on the proper care and use of laboratory animals are being sought by researchers and members of the many committees formed to oversee animal care at universities as well as the general public. This book provides a comprehensive overview of what we know about behavior, pain, and distress in laboratory animals.
The volume explores:

• Stressors in the laboratory and the animal behaviors they cause, including in-depth discussions of the physiology of pain and distress and the animal's ecological relationship to the laboratory as an environment.
• A review of euthanasia of lab animals--exploring the decision, the methods, and the emotional effects on technicians.

Also included is a highly practical, extensive listing, by species, of dosages and side effects of anesthetics, analgesics, and tranquilizers.

About the author

Summary

Provides an overview of what we know about behavior, pain, and distress in laboratory animals. This volume explores topics such as stressors in the laboratory and the animal behaviors they cause and a review of euthanasia of lab animals - exploring the decision, the methods, and the emotional effects on technicians.

Product details

• Authors: Commission on Life Sciences, Committee on Pain and Distress in Labora, Committee on Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1992
• EAN: 9780309075251
• ISBN: 978-0-309-07525-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology