Dogs : laboratory animal management /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Committee on Dogs
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Criteria for selecting experimental animals
  • Genetic factors
  • Biologic factors
  • Behavioral factors
  • Hazards
  • Husbandry
  • Housing
  • Exercise and environmental enrichment
  • Food
  • Water
  • Bedding and resting apparatuses
  • Sanitation
  • Identification and records
  • Emergency, weekend and holiday care
  • Transportation
  • Management of breeding colonies
  • Reproduction
  • Neonatal care
  • Reproductive problems
  • Special nutritional requirements
  • Vaccination and deworming
  • Socialization of pups
  • Record keeping
  • Veterinary care
  • Procurement
  • Control of infectious diseases
  • Control of parasitic diseases
  • Recognition and alleviation of pain and distress
  • Surgery and postsurgical care
  • Euthanasia
  • Special considerations
  • Protocol review
  • Restraint
  • Special care for animal models
  • Aging
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Endocrinologic diseases
  • Hematologic diseases
  • Immunologic diseases
  • Lysosomal storage diseases
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Neurologic disorders
  • Ophthalmologic disorders
  • Orthopedic disorders
  • Radiation injury
  • Gene therapy