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Binding: Plastic CombDewey Decimal Number: 619.93 EAN: 9780849325656 ISBN: 084932565X Label: CRC Manufacturer: CRC Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: April 13, 1998 Publisher: CRC Studio: CRC Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Laboratory animals, including rats, play an important role in biomedical research and advances. The humane care and management of these animals is an ongoing concern. This guide was created especially for individuals performing research with laboratory rats whose duties include animal facility management, animal husbandry, regulatory compliance, and technical procedures involved with their research. Basic information and common procedures are presented in detail. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - limited useI found the information on behaviour and animal welfare to be limited and, in places, questionable. For example the use of single animal hanging cages is treated as standard husbandry -- despite the strong recommendation in most national laws and guidleines that social contact and environmental enrichment be provided to rats in the laboratory. Rating:  - Excellent Ref BookThis book has a lot to say....excellent reference book. If you do anything with the rat, then you need this book inspite of the price. The authors did a thorough job. Rating:  - Important but overpriced.This book is a welcome addition for the in vivo investigator; we know so much about the theoretical bases of our experiments, but how many of us really have any formal knowledge of our most important research tools, the animals themselves? For this reason, and in the interest of the general welfare of my experimental rats, I bought the book. There is much interesting and useful information presented by veterinarians who specialize in lab animal medicine. But considering the plain ... Read More 
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