Learn the veterinary technician’s role in the care of exotic pets and animals used in biomedical research! Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine: Principles and Procedures, 3rd Edition helps you gain the knowledge and skills needed to ensure animal health and well-being. It covers animal husbandry, restraint and handling, and diseases, and provides guidelines to key clinical procedures such as blood collection, medication administration, anesthesia, and diagnostic imaging. Research-related information addresses the ethical concerns of exotic pet ownership, as well as the benefits and humane use of animals in research. Written by noted veterinary technology educator Margi Sirois, this text is a must-have resource for all caretakers of lab animals.
1. Chapter 01. Introduction to Exotic and Laboratory Animal Medicine - p. 1 2. Chapter 02. Exotic Companion Animal Facilities - p. 18 3. Chapter 03. Research Animal Facilities - p. 32 4. Chapter 04. Birds - p. 49 5. Chapter 5. Reptiles - p. 82 6. Chapter 06. Amphibians - p. 101 7. Chapter 7. Fish - p. 108 8. Chapter 8. Rats and Mice - p. 114 9. Chapter 9. The Rabbit - p. 135 10. Chapter 10. The Guinea Pig - p. 153 11. Chapter 11. The Ferrets - p. 167 12. Chapter 12. Gerbils and Hamsters - p. 177 13. Chapter 13. Other Species - p. 188 14. Chapter 14. Nonhuman Primates - p. 206 15. Chapter 15. Wildlife - p. 220 16. Index - p. 235
Learn the veterinary technician’s role in the care of exotic pets and animals used in biomedical research! Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine: Principles and Procedures, 3rd Edition helps you gain the knowledge and skills needed to ensure animal health and well-being. It covers animal husbandry, restraint and handling, and diseases, and provides guidelines to key clinical procedures such as blood collection, medication administration, anesthesia, and diagnostic imaging. Research-related information addresses the ethical concerns of exotic pet ownership, as well as the benefits and humane use of animals in research. Written by noted veterinary technology educator Margi Sirois, this text is a must-have resource for all caretakers of lab animals.
1. Chapter 01. Introduction to Exotic and Laboratory Animal Medicine - p. 1 2. Chapter 02. Exotic Companion Animal Facilities - p. 18 3. Chapter 03. Research Animal Facilities - p. 32 4. Chapter 04. Birds - p. 49 5. Chapter 5. Reptiles - p. 82 6. Chapter 06. Amphibians - p. 101 7. Chapter 7. Fish - p. 108 8. Chapter 8. Rats and Mice - p. 114 9. Chapter 9. The Rabbit - p. 135 10. Chapter 10. The Guinea Pig - p. 153 11. Chapter 11. The Ferrets - p. 167 12. Chapter 12. Gerbils and Hamsters - p. 177 13. Chapter 13. Other Species - p. 188 14. Chapter 14. Nonhuman Primates - p. 206 15. Chapter 15. Wildlife - p. 220 16. Index - p. 235
