The Laboratory Rat, Second Edition

The Laboratory Rat presents essential information for the care of laboratory rats and how to effectively use them in a wide variety of research applications. This edition illustrates management practices and technical procedures in a way that can easily be incorporated into a facility's standard performance procedures. Additional sources of information on rat biology, husbandry and veterinary care, and facility management are provided. The book contains tables on analgesic and anaesthetic agents, methods of euthanasia, and injection sites. This book captures the multiple advances in this important animal model's husbandry, veterinary care, and experimental methodology. This edition features augmented, expanded, and novel information on biology, anesthesia, analgesia, and experimental techniques benefiting personnel working with rats.

Second Edition. 399 pages. More than 70 full colour illustrations (112 illustrations all together). Available as a Paperback, Hardback and as an e-Book. The eBook may be purchased here (choose United States from the drop-down list of countries at the top of the CRC Press webpage). For Librarians: Available on CRCnetBASE. Suitable for animal care staff and researchers, institutional animal care and use program supporters and elements, including animal care and use committees, institutional officials, occupational health and safety professionals, veterinary technicians, and veterinarians. Part of the Laboratory Animal Pocket Reference Series.

ISBN: Paperback: 9781439829868, Hardback: 9781138437210, e-Book: 9780429152405

Price: Paperback: £42.39, Hardback: £128.00, eBook: £42.39