Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia, 3rd Edition
By Paul Flecknell
304 pages
Trim size 152 X 229 mm
Copyright 2009
GBP 62.99, Hardcover
Availability
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Readership
Researchers, post docs and graduate students who utilize animals in biomedical research.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 Preparing for Anaesthesia
2 Anaesthesia
3 Anaesthetic Management
4 Special Techniques
5 Analgesia and Post Operative Care
6 Anaesthesia of Common Laboratory Species: Special Considerations
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1 Recommended techniques and physiological data
APPENDIX 2 Estimation of required quantities of volatile anaesthetics and anaesthetic gases
APPENDIX 3 Examples of dilutions of anaesthetic mixtures for small rodents
APPENDIX 4 Manufacturers of equipment and other items illustrated or cited in the text
Author Information
By Paul Flecknell, Comparative Biology Centre, The Medical School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK