Management of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education and Testing

Management of Animal Care and Use Programs in Research, Education and Testing is the Second Edition of Management of Laboratory Animal Care and Use Programs. The book has been expanded to provide a more thorough overview of the current breadth and depth of the field. It offers a revised, updated, and comprehensive first line management book for those working in animal care and use programmes who have the responsibility to ensure the welfare of the animals in the highest quality research environment. It also serves as a resource text for certification exams and credentialing boards. It emphasises the importance of developing a collaborative culture of care, and provides information about how behavioural management through animal training can play an integral role in a veterinary health programme. It has a new section on Environment and Housing containing chapters that focus on speciues-specific management considerations of housing and enrichment. The coverage of regulatory oversight and compliance, assessment, and assurance issues and processes has been expanded to include greater discussion of the globalisation and harmonisation of cultural and regulatory issues. It also includes more in-depth treatment of critical topics in programme management, physical plant, animal health, and husbandry.

The following organisations are co-publishers of the second edition: ACLAM (American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); ECLAM (European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); IACLAM (International Colleges of Laboratory Animal Medicine); JCLAM (Japanese College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); KCLAM (Korean College of Laboratory Animal Medicine); CALAS (Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Medicine); LAMA (Laboratory Animal Management Association); and IAT (Institute of Animal Technology).

900 pages, 37 colour & 100 black/white illustrations.

ISBN: 9781498748445. Catalogue no. K27096.

Hardback: £68.00, eBook: £67.20