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OverviewOriginally published in 1991 and now released in paperback, this manual should be useful to researchers who use mice and rats as laboratory animals. It provides practical suggestions for breeding, keeping, and identifying pathogen-free laboratory rodents. The book contains three informative sections. The first, Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention summarizes methods for eliminating infectious agents. It offers information on pathogen terminology; pathogen status of rodents; and breeding, transporting, isolating, testing and diagnosing rodents and maintaining their health status. The second section, Individual Disease Agents and Their Effects on Research describes the diagnosis and control of each infectious agent and the effects of the agent on research. The last section, Diagnostic Indexes: Clinical Signs, Pathology, and Research Complications contains informative tables covering all the diseases listed in the volume, arranged to help in the diagnosis of infected animals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: National Research Council , Commission on Life Sciences , Institute for Laboratory Animal Research , Committee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and RatsPublisher: National Academies Press Imprint: National Academies Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.853kg ISBN: 9780309063326ISBN 10: 0309063329 Pages: 415 Publication Date: 01 February 1991 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationCommittee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |