Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine
Principles and Procedures
- 3rd Edition - January 1, 2022
- Imprint: Mosby
- Author: Margi Sirois
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 7 8 1 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 7 8 1 7 - 6
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Request a sales quoteLearn the veterinary technician’s role in the care of exotic pets and animals used in biomedical research! Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine: Principles and Procedures, 3rd Edition helps you gain the knowledge and skills needed to ensure animal health and well-being. It covers animal husbandry, restraint and handling, and diseases, and provides guidelines to key clinical procedures such as blood collection, medication administration, anesthesia, and diagnostic imaging. Research-related information addresses the ethical concerns of exotic pet ownership, as well as the benefits and humane use of animals in research. Written by noted veterinary technology educator Margi Sirois, this text is a must-have resource for all caretakers of lab animals.
- Comprehensive coverage prepares you to work with all types of animals by addressing a wide variety of species including rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, nonhuman primates, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds, farm animals, and cats and dogs; it also covers topics such as animal species, the laboratory setting, regulatory guidelines, and ethical considerations.
- Consistent organization of each species chapter makes it easy to quickly identify similarities and differences among various laboratory animals.
- Current information on legal, moral, and ethical issues includes legal requirements, the protocols guiding lab animal use, animal exploitation, and animal rights.
- Discussion of specific uses for each species in biomedical research provides a perspective that helps you explain the benefits of animal use in providing high-quality research data.
- Technician Notes highlight important points and provide helpful tips to improve your knowledge and skills.
- Learning objectives, key points, and chapter review questions make studying easier.
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- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors and Reviewers
- Table of Contents
- Part I Principles of Laboratory Animal Medicine
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Exotic and Laboratory Animal Medicine
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- INTRODUCTION
- DISEASE PREVENTION
- LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
- PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
- THE THREE R’S: REDUCTION, REFINEMENT, AND REPLACEMENT
- THE MORALS AND ETHICS OF ANIMAL RESEARCH
- BENEFITS OF ANIMAL RESEARCH
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 2 Exotic Companion Animal Facilities
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- STAFF EDUCATION
- FACILITY CONCERNS
- EQUIPMENT
- THE OFFICE VISIT
- CLIENT EDUCATION
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 3 Research Animal Facilities
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
- THE RESEARCH TEAM
- FACILITY DESIGN
- TYPES OF FACILITIES
- ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
- PRIMARY ENCLOSURES
- SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT
- FEEDING AND WATERING DEVICES
- FACILITY ADMINISTRATION
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Part II Laboratory Animals
- Chapter 4 Birds
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC FEATURES
- AVIAN BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES AND DISORDERS
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 5 Reptiles
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- USES IN RESEARCH
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC FEATURES
- SPECIAL SENSES
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 6 Amphibians
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- ANIMAL MODELS
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, and NUTRITION
- HANDLING AND RESTRAINT
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 7 Fish
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- ANIMAL MODELS
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, and NUTRITION
- HANDLING AND RESTRAINT
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 8 Rats and Mice
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- ANIMAL MODELS
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES OF RATS AND MICE
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 9 The Rabbit
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, AND NUTRITION
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- IDENTIFICATION
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 10 The Guinea Pig
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, AND NUTRITION
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 11 The Ferrets
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, AND NUTRITION
- HANDLING AND RESTRAINT
- IDENTIFICATION
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 12 Gerbils and Hamsters
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Taxonomy
- Unique Anatomic and Physiologic Features
- ANIMAL MODELS
- REPRODUCTION
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, AND NUTRITION
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- Identification
- Clinical Procedures
- Common Diseases
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 13 Other Species
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- HEDGEHOGS
- SUGAR GLIDERS
- CHINCHILLAS
- WOODCHUCKS
- ARMADILLOS
- FARM ANIMALS
- OPOSSUMS
- BATS
- INVERTEBRATES
- DOGS AND CATS
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 14 Nonhuman Primates
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- TAXONOMY
- UNIQUE ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC FEATURES
- BEHAVIOR
- HUSBANDRY, HOUSING, AND NUTRITION
- RESTRAINT AND HANDLING
- IDENTIFICATION
- CLINICAL PROCEDURES
- COMMON DISEASES
- EUTHANASIA
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Chapter 15 Wildlife
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- LEGAL CONCERNS
- INTAKE PROCEDURES AND HISTORY
- RESTRAINT OF WILDLIFE
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF WILDLIFE
- SAMPLE COLLECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS
- ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS AND FLUIDS
- SUPPORTIVE CARE OF WILD ANIMALS IN THE HOSPITAL
- FOOD PREP
- IMMOBILIZING FRACTURES
- CHEMICAL RESTRAINT AND ANESTHESIA
- STABILIZATION OR LONG-TERM REHABILITATION
- ETHICAL TREATMENT AND RELEASABILITY OF WILD ANIMALS
- DISEASES IN COMMON WILD ANIMALS
- OILED BIRDS
- FISHING TACKLE INJURIES
- ZOONOTIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN COMMON WILD ANIMAL SPECIES
- ISOLATION CAGING AREA—PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE IN THE CLINIC
- KEY POINTS
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: January 1, 2022
- Imprint: Mosby
- No. of pages: 256
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323778169
- eBook ISBN: 9780323778176
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Margi Sirois
Margi Sirois is certified as both a veterinary technician & laboratory animal technician and has over 25 years of experience as a veterinary technician educator in both traditional and distance education programs. She is a past-president of the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators and the Kansas Veterinary Technician Association and co-founder and current president of the Academy of Veterinary Technician Specialists in Education
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