Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats
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Rating | : | 4.48 (699 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0309063329 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 415 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-09-04 |
Language | : | English |
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This new edition--a must for all researchers who use these lab animals-- provides practical suggestions for breeding, keeping, and identifying pathogen-free laboratory rodents. The first, Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention, summarizes methods for eliminating infectious agents. The second section, Individual Disease Agents and Their Effects on Research, describes the diagnosis and control of each infectious agent, and 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.. It offers information on pathogen terminology; pathogen status of rodents; and breeding, transporting, isolating, testing, and diagnosing rodents. It contains three informative sections
Committee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
About the Author Committee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council