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Rodents : laboratory animal management /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rodents (Print)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Committee on Rodents, National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Life Sciences
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Animals, Laboratory.
Rodentia.
Table of Contents:
  • Laboratory animals and public perspective
  • Regulatory issues
  • Ethical considerations
  • Responsibilities of animal care and use committees
  • Program oversight
  • Protocol review
  • Personnel qualifications and training
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Use of hazardous agents
  • Criteria for selecting experimental animals
  • Species and stocks
  • Standardized nomenclature
  • Quality
  • Selected aspects of experimental design
  • Genetic management of breeding colonies.
  • Genetically defined stocks
  • Nongenetically defined stocks
  • Cryopreservation
  • Record-keeping
  • Husbandry
  • Housing
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Water
  • Bedding
  • Sanitation
  • Identification and records
  • Rodents other than rats and mice
  • Veterinary care
  • Preventive medicine
  • Surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, and control of diseases
  • Emergency, weekend, and holiday care
  • Minimization of pain and distress
  • Survival surgery and postsurgical care
  • Euthanasia
  • Facilities
  • Location and design.
  • Construction and architectural finishes
  • Monitoring
  • Special requirements
  • Security
  • Rodents that require special consideration
  • Immunodeficient rodents
  • Wild rodents
  • Aging cohorts
  • Rodent models of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
  • Transgenic mice.