Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia: A Practical Introduction for Research Workers and Technicians 2nd Edition

Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia: A Practical Introduction for Research Workers and Technicians provides clear and concise advise on good anaesthetic technique. It follows all the key stages from preoperative care thorough anesthesia itself to the post - anaesthetic recovery period. Following these general sections, there are specific instructions on regimes for particular laboratory animals, with advice on recommended agents, dosages and special procedures of importance. Particular emphasis is placed on welfare, pain reduction and proper post - procedural care. The Second Edition of this now standard guide adds the results of the latest research, most effective anesthetics and useful illustrations of procedures and equipment and broadens the original book's coverage to include notes on fish, amphibia, reptiles and birds. It will prove an essential addition to the library of any laboratory where animals are used for research.

Second Edition. Fully revised. Hardcover. 296 pages. Published by Academic Press, now part of Elsevier.   First Edition published in 1987 by the same publisher. A review of this book is available in Laboratory Animals, October 1996, Volume 30 (4). Professor Flecknell has produced slide sets on CD-ROM.

A fifth edition of this book is now available.

(Fourth Edition)

eBook ISBN: 9780080535326