Laboratory Animal Management: Dogs

This newly revised edition incorporates the regulatory requirements and improved practices for laboratory animal care that have developed over the past two decades.  This volume covers: Selection of dogs as research models; Design, construction, and maintenance of facilities; Temperature, humidity, food, water, bedding, sanitation, animal identification, record keeping, and transportation; General veterinary care, as well as special care of breeding animals and random-source animals.  

Table of Contents: Introduction; Criteria for Selecting Experimental Animals; Husbandry; Management of Breeding Colonies; Veterinary Care; Special Considerations; Appendix: Cross Reference; Index.

152 pages. Available as a Paperback and as a PDF Download. The entire book may be read online free of charge. To download a free PDF of this book, the reader must log in with his free MyNAP Account. MyNAP members enjoy free access to thousands of National Academies reports, and gets 10% discount off every purchase at NAP.edu. Please click on Register under Purchase Options to sign up for a MyNAP account. If the reader already has a MyNAP account, he can log in by clicking the Login button. This book may also be read online free of charge. This book is part of the Laboratory Animal Management series. See record number 6691, entitled "Laboratory Animal Management: Rodents" for another book in this series.