The Welfare of Laboratory Animals

This book examines the general principles of laboratory animal maintenance and experimental use as well as factors that have to be taken into account when good research is done with animals. In addition, it provides species specific coverage, concentrating on the species most used as laboratory animals. The book gives a comprehensive description of the welfare questions considered to be important for each species under laboratory conditions.

ISBN	1402022700	Volumes	1
ISBN13	9781402022708 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	1500
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.	Published in	New York, NY
Imprint	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.	Series ISSN	2
Format	Hardback	Series title	Animal Welfare
Publication date	01 Jul 2004	Height (mm)	235
Library of Congress	2004051582	Width (mm)	155
DEWEY	179.4	Spine width (mm)	22
DEWEY edition	DC22	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
Pages	358

		General principles for maintenance and use of laboratory animals		1
		Animal welfare - an introduction by Dorte Bratbo Sorensen		3
		Research, animals and welfare. : regulations, alternatives and guidelines by Timo Nevalainen		15
		Infections in laboratory animals : importance and control by Werner Nicklas		23
		Housing, care and environmental factors by Axel Kornerup Hansen and Vera Baumans		37
		Nutrition and animal welfare by Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga and Jan H. Strubbe		51
		Experimental procedures : general principles and recommendations by David B. Morton		81
		The welfare of different species		117
		The welfare of laboratory mice by Vera Baumans		119
		The welfare of laboratory rats by Eila Kaliste and Satu Mering		153
		The welfare of laboratory guinea pigs by Norbert Sachser and Christine Kunzl and Sylvia Kaiser		181
		The welfare of laboratory rabbits by Lena Lidfors and Therese Edstrom and Lennart Lindberg		211
		The welfare of laboratory dogs by Robert Hubrecht and Anthony C. Buckwell		245
		The welfare of pigs and minipigs by Peter Bollen and Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga		275
		The welfare of non-human primates by Jann Hau and Steven J. Schapiro		291
		Animal welfare issues under laboratory constraints, an ethological perspective : rodents and marmosets by Augusto Vitale and Francesca Cirulli and Francesca Capone and Enrico Alleva		315

From the reviews:

"Eila Kaliste has edited an important text in the series entitled Animal Welfare a ] . Each chapter has its own reference list following it, providing ample additional reading should one be so inclined. The illustrations, both photographs and charts, are all helpful. a ] Those working in laboratories and doing testing using animals a ] will find this text useful in determining the optimal condition for their laboratories." (Sue Norman, E-streams, Vol. 8 (8), 2005)

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