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The laboratory rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, and other rodents /

The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents is a single volume, comprehensive book sanctioned by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), covering the rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil and other rodents often used in research. This well illustrated reference in...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Suckow, Mark A; Stevens, Karla A; Wilson, Ronald P
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series
Subjects:
Laboratory animals
Animals, Laboratory
Rabbits
Rodentia
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123809209
Summary: The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents is a single volume, comprehensive book sanctioned by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), covering the rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, gerbil and other rodents often used in research. This well illustrated reference includes basic biology, anatomy, physiology, behavior, infectious and noninfectious diseases, husbandry and breeding, common experimental methods, and use of the species as a research model. With many expert contributors, this will be an extremely valuable publication for biomedical researchers, lab
Item Description: Title from pdf title page (viewed Feb. 13, 2012).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xix, 1268 pages) : color illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1283394049
9781283394048
Index Number: SF406
CLC: Q95-33
Contents: General ethical considerations and regulatory issues -- Anesthesia and analgesia -- Clinical biochemistry and hematology -- Euthanasia and necropsy -- Zoonoses and occupational health -- Rabbits -- Guinea pigs -- Hamsters -- Chinchillas -- Other rodents: degu, naked mole rat, deer mice, white-footed mice, and their relatives, dormouce, kangaroo rat, cotton rat, sand rat, pocket gopher, white tailed rat, gerbils, Eqyptian fat-tailed jird -- Formulary -- Normative values -- Index.

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