Terrestrial vertebrates

Author(s)

• Poole, Trevor B.

Bibliographic Information

Terrestrial vertebrates

edited for UFAW by Trevor Poole ; editorial assistant, Pauline English

（The UFAW handbook on the care and management of laboratory animals / edited for UFAW by Trevor Poole ; editorial assistant, Pauline English, v. 1）

Blackwell Science, c1999

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"The UFAW Handbook" was first published in 1947 and is now in its seventh edition. It has become a standard text for those concerned with the husbandry of laboratory animals and the inclusion of some wild species has also proved of value to zoos and aquaria. Since the last edition, there have been many advances both in the understanding of the welfare needs of animals in captivity and in laboratory animal science, for example, the production and breeding of transgenic animals. The text of the 7th edition has been completely rewritten, to include the most recent information, by internationally recognized experts.

Table of Contents

• Part 1: The Laboratory Animal Defining laboratory animals
• Environmental enrichment for vertebrates
• Training laboratory animals
• Animal production and breeding methods
• Nutrition and feeding
• Introduction to laboratory animal genetics. Part 2: Animal Units The Animal House: design, equipment and environmental control
• The Tropical Animal House
• Safety and Hygiene
• Transporting Animals. Part 3: Species Kept in The Laboratory Mammals: The Laboratory Opossum (monodelphis domestica)
• Australian Marsupials
• Tree shrews
• Bats. Rodentia: Introduction to Rodents
• Wild Rats and Mice
• the Laboratory Mouse
• the Laboratory Rat
• Voles
• the Laboratory Gerbil
• Hamsters
• the Guinea-pig. Lagomorpha: The European Wild Rabbit
• the Laboratory Rabbit. Carnivora: The Ferret
• the Dog
• the Domestic Cat. Ungulates: Pigs and Minipigs
• Sheep and Goats
• Cattle
• the Horse. Non-human primates: Introduction to Primates
• Prosimians
• Marmosets and Tamarins
• Owl monkeys
• Squirrel monkeys
• Capuchin monkeys
• Old world monkeys
• Breeding Macaques in source countries
• Chimpanzees. Birds: Introduction to Birds
• European Wild Birds
• the Domestic Fowl
• the Japanese Quail
• Doves and Pigeons
• the Zebra Finch. Reptiles: Terrestrial Reptiles (Lizards, Snakes and Tortoises)
• References
• Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA43553592
• ISBN:
  • 0632051310
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 840 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 636.0885
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Laboratory animals
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA43553435