Laboratory Animal Husbandry: Ethology, Welfare, and Experimental VariablesThis book demonstrates that good science, animal care, and humane ethics are consonant and complimentary. Many environmental and treatment-related variables that can adversely affect both the animal and the validity of research are detailed. Fox provides a critical review of present standards of laboratory animal husbandry and routine experimental procedures. |
Contents
The Laboratory Animal Environment Room for Concern | 1 |
Present Standards and Questionable Conditions | 7 |
Experimental Variables | 31 |
Social Influences and Pheromones | 47 |
Social Deprivation and Isolation Effects | 55 |
Handling Socialization and Caretaker Effects | 71 |
Genotypic and Phenotypic Variables | 85 |
Alternatives and New Directions | 99 |
Animal Health and Welfare Toward the One Medicine | 147 |
Animal Rights Ethical Issues and Human Obligations | 157 |
Humane Attitudes in Animal Care | 207 |
The Control of the Proximate Especially Behavioral Environment | 213 |
Section of Animal Welfare Act Relevant to the Veterinarians Role and Judicial Authority | 221 |
Toward a Philosophy of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care | 223 |
References | 229 |
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Laboratory Animal Husbandry: Ethology, Welfare, and Experimental Variables Michael W. Fox Limited preview - 1986 |
Laboratory Animal Husbandry: Ethology, Welfare, and Experimental Variables Michael W. Fox Limited preview - 1986 |
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