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The welfare of laboratory animals /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kaliste, Eila, Phillips, C. J. C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2004]
Series:Animal welfare ; v. 2.
Animal welfare ; 2.
Subjects:
Animals, Laboratory.
Animal Welfare.
Table of Contents:
  • General principles for maintenance and use of laboratory animals
  • Animal welfare - an introduction
  • Research, animals and welfare. Regulations, alternatives and guidelines
  • Infections in laboratory animals : importance and control
  • Housing, care and environmental factors
  • Nutrition and animal welfare
  • Experimental procedures : general principles and recommendations
  • The welfare of different species
  • The welfare of laboratory mice
  • The welfare of laboratory rats
  • The welfare of laboratory guinea pigs
  • The welfare of laboratory rabbits
  • The welfare of laboratory dogs
  • The welfare of pigs and minipigs
  • The welfare of non-human primates
  • Animal welfare issues under laboratory constraints, an ethological perspective : rodents and marmosets