The Welfare of Laboratory Animals

The aim of The Welfare of Laboratory Animals is to describe the current knowledge about the welfare of laboratory animals. There is previous literature dealing with the welfare of animals in general, as well as literature dealing with the maintenance and use of laboratory animals. It brings together these two topics, focusing on the general and species-specific needs of laboratory animals in the light of their welfare.  

This book has two main parts: Part One focuses on the general principles of laboratory animal maintenance and experimental use, as well as factors which have to be taken into account when good research is done with animals. Part Two is species specific, concentrating on the species most used as laboratory animals.  This part gives a comprehensive description of the welfare questions considered to be important for each species under laboratory conditions. 

Table of Contents: Series Preface; Preface; Contributing authors; General Principles for Maintenance and Use of Laboratory Animals: Animal welfare - an introduction; Research, animals and welfare: Regulations, alternatives and guidelines; Infections in laboratory animals: Importance and control; Housing, care and environmental factors; Nutrition and animal welfare; Experimental procedures: General principles and recommendations; The Welfare of Different Species: The welfare of laboratory mice; The welfare of laboratory rats; The welfare of laboratory guinea pigs; The welfare of laboratory rabbits; The welfare of laboratory dogs; The welfare of pigs and minipigs; The welfare of non-human primates; Animal welfare issues under laboratory constraints, an ethological perspective: rodents and marmosets; Index.

346 pages. Hardcover, Softcover & eBook. Part of Animal Welfare Book Series. Suitable for researchers, lecturers, students and animal technicians working with laboratory animals. The authors of this book are leading European scientists in laboratory animal science. 

ISBN: Hardcover: 978-1-4020-2270-8, Softcover: 978-1-4020-6136-3, eBook: 978-1-4020-2271-5

Price: Hardcover: €149.99, Softcover: €149.99, eBook: €117.69