Laboratory Animal Husbandry
By Michael W. Fox
Pages: 267
Publisher: --
Edition: 1986
Language: English
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0887061389
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780887061387
Description
Laboratory animal husbandry is expanding today beyond the narrow framework of disease control and nutritional problems. Concerns over the physical environment, such as optimal lighting, ventilation, and cage size, were until recently addressed only in relation to disease control. One area of major concern, namely the behavioral and psychological well-being of the laboratory animals, is beginning to receive increasing attention. This is necessary for two reasons. First, on humane grounds: we have ethical responsibilities towards the animals that we use in research. Second, on scientific grounds: bad animals i.e., animals whose physiological and psychological states are not known or are abnormally stressed mean poor research and, conceivably, poor medical applications.
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By Michael W. Fox
Pages: 267
Publisher: --
Edition: 1986
Language: English
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0887061389
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780887061387
Description
Laboratory animal husbandry is expanding today beyond the narrow framework of disease control and nutritional problems. Concerns over the physical environment, such as optimal lighting, ventilation, and cage size, were until recently addressed only in relation to disease control. One area of major concern, namely the behavioral and psychological well-being of the laboratory animals, is beginning to receive increasing attention. This is necessary for two reasons. First, on humane grounds: we have ethical responsibilities towards the animals that we use in research. Second, on scientific grounds: bad animals i.e., animals whose physiological and psychological states are not known or are abnormally stressed mean poor research and, conceivably, poor medical applications.
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