Handbook of laboratory animal management and welfare /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfensohn, Sarah
Other Authors: Lloyd, Maggie
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] ; Malden, MA, USA : Blackwell Science, 1998.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. General
  • Training and the personal licence holder
  • Contents of home office modules
  • Legislation and ethical considerations
  • Historical background to the animals (scientific procedures) act 1986
  • Legislation controlling use of animals in experimentations in other countries
  • Summary of the main provisions of the animals (scientific procedures) act 1986
  • Designated establishments
  • Personal and project licences
  • Assessment of benefit and severity
  • Reuse of animals
  • Breeding and supplying establishments
  • Humane killing
  • The Ethics of using animals in experiments
  • Statistics of animal usage
  • Other relevant legislation
  • Record keeping
  • Notes to assist in the completion of the personal licence application form.
  • Notes to assist in the completion of the project licence application
  • Health, safety and security
  • Legal framework
  • The Reporting of incidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995
  • Control of substances hazardous to health regulations 1988
  • Genetically modified organisms
  • The Hazards
  • Allergy to laboratory animals (ala)
  • Infection
  • Injury
  • Miscellaneous health and safety hazards and risks
  • Chemical hazards.
  • Electrical hazards
  • Radiation hazards
  • Sharp instruments
  • Waste disposal
  • Lone working
  • Employee security
  • Further reading
  • Humane methods of killing
  • Schedule 1 methods
  • Overdose of anaesthetic
  • Exposure to carbon dioxide
  • Physical methods of euthanasia
  • Confirmation of death and disposal of carcases
  • Introduction to the principles of animal care and use
  • Supply of laboratory animals
  • General considerations
  • Imported and non-schedule 2 animals
  • Wild animals
  • Non-human primates.
  • Transport of laboratory animals
  • Legislation and transport regulations
  • General considerations
  • Handling laboratory animals
  • Recognition of pain and stress in laboratory animals
  • What is stress?
  • How is pain assessed?
  • How to quantify pain
  • Introduction to laboratory animal husbandry
  • Disease prevention
  • Health monitoring
  • Conduct of minor procedures
  • Removal of blood
  • Administration of substances
  • Indwelling cannulae, arterial loops and fistulae
  • Miscellaneous methods of administration and sampling
  • Polyclonal antibody production in laboratory animals
  • Polyclonal antibody production using adjuvants.
  • Polyclonal antibody production using perforated subcutaneous chambers
  • Monoclonal antibody production in laboratory animals
  • Anaesthesia
  • Choosing an anaesthetic
  • Preoperative care
  • Pre-anaesthetic drugs
  • General anaesthesia
  • Inhalation or injection?
  • General anaesthetic drugs
  • Non-recovery anaesthesia
  • Long-term anaesthesia
  • Combination techniques
  • Local anaesthetics
  • Anaesthetic management
  • Depth of anaesthesia
  • Respiration
  • Cardiovascular signs
  • Body temperature
  • Ocular signs
  • Anaesthetic emergencies
  • Muscle relaxation in anaesthesia
  • Neuromuscular blocking agents
  • Monitoring aneaesthesia under neuromuscular block
  • Contraindications for the use of neuromuscular blockers
  • Postoperative complications associated with the use of neuromuscular blockers.
  • Introduction to surgery
  • Introduction to surgical pathology
  • Inflammation and wound healing
  • Types of healing
  • Principles of surgery
  • Historical perspective
  • Principles of asepsis
  • Surgical techniques
  • Perioperative antibiosis and postoperative wound infections
  • Suturing techniques and materials
  • Suture patterns
  • Muscle layer
  • Fat
  • Subcutis
  • Skin
  • Suture materials
  • Absorbable sutures
  • Non-absorbable sutures
  • Tissue adhesives
  • Suture needles
  • Sizes of suture
  • Packaging.
  • Postoperative care and analgesia
  • Postoperative care
  • Fluid selection
  • Fluid volume replacement
  • Monitoring urine output
  • Management of pain
  • Use of opioids to control pain
  • Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)
  • Local anaesthetics
  • Additional considerations in pain management
  • Sect. 2. Species
  • Behaviour
  • Handling
  • Housing
  • Pain and stress recognition
  • Feeding
  • Common diseases and health monitoring
  • Water
  • Useful data
  • Environment
  • Drug doses for anaesthesia
  • Breeding
  • Drug doses for analgesia
  • Growth
  • Small laboratory animals.
  • Mouse
  • Rat
  • Hamster
  • Gerbil
  • Guinea pig
  • Rabbit
  • Carnivores
  • Dog
  • Cat
  • Ferret
  • Primates
  • New world monkeys
  • Marmoset
  • Squirrel monkey
  • Old world monkeys
  • Macaques
  • Baboon
  • Larger domestic species
  • Pig
  • Sheep and goats
  • Other species
  • Cattle
  • Horses
  • Other species
  • Wild animals
  • General considerations
  • Health and safety considerations
  • Identification of wild animals
  • Drug doses and body size
  • Drug doses for wild animals
  • Birds.
  • Introduction
  • Anatomical features
  • Physiological features
  • Husbandry
  • Reproduction
  • Handling
  • Pain and stress recognition
  • Common diseases and health monitoring
  • Anaesthesia
  • Postoperative care
  • AnalgesicsAmphibia
  • Introduction
  • Anurans
  • Housing and environmental conditions
  • Hibernation
  • Feeding and nutrition
  • Breeding
  • Growth of larvae
  • Common diseases and health monitoring
  • Caudata (urodeles)
  • Housing and environmental conditions
  • Feeding
  • Breeding
  • Growth of larvae
  • Common diseases and health monitoring
  • Handling of amphibia
  • Anaesthesia of amphibia
  • Techniques
  • Sect. 3. Directory
  • Useful equipment
  • Useful addresses
  • Useful websites
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary of terms.