The Welfare of Laboratory Animals

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kaliste, Eila. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Animal Welfare, 2
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2271-5
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.