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Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals focuses entirely on the special anesthetic, analgesic, and postoperative care requirements associated with experimental surgery. Sponsored by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, this informative work provides the reader with agents, methods, and techniques for anesthesia and analgesia that ensure humane and successful procedural outcomes.
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Presents a comprehensive review of anesthesia and analgesia techniques as they apply to animals used in a research setting; differs from other veterinary anesthesia texts by taking into account the research environment as well as a wide range of species. After an overview of general topics related to the use of anesthetics and analgesics, subsequent chapters provides basic information on the nature of surgical and postsurgical facilities equipment used to administer and suppport anesthesia, as well as essentials of preoperative and postoperative care. The last set of chapters discusses the specifics of particular types of animals or groups of animals. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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