Laboratory Animal Management - Dogs

This newly revised edition - a must for anyone using dogs for research or supervising that use - incorporates regulatory requirements and improved practices for laboratory animal care that have developed over the past two decades. It covers selection of dogs as research models; design, construction, and maintenance of indoor and outdoor facilities; temperature, humidity, food, water, bedding, sanitation, animal identification, record keeping, and transportation; and general veterinary care, as well as special care of breeding animals and random-source animals. Laboratory Animal Management: Dogs examines controversies over proper cage sizes and interpretation of federal requirements for exercise and offers recommendations for researchers. Guidelines are provided on how to recognize and alleviate pain and distress in research dogs, and the sensitive topic of euthanasia is covered in detail. It discusses how to assemble a proper research protocol and how to handle conflicts; outlines procedures for institutional animal care and use and committee review; and presents guidelines for handling aging dogs, use of radiation in experiments, and a wide range of other special circumstances.

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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.

Product details

• Authors: Commission On Life Sciences, Committee on Dogs, Committee on Dogs National Research Coun, Institute For Laboratory Animal Research, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Academy Of Sciences, National Research Council, National Research Council Committee, Nationalres
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1994
• EAN: 9780309047449
• ISBN: 978-0-309-04744-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Series: Laboratory Animal Management S; Laboratory Animal Management: A Series; Laboratory Animal Management S
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Pet husbandry; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology