Main description:

The seminal reference on the care of laboratory and captiveanimals, The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management ofLaboratory and Other Research Animals is a must-have for anyoneworking in this field. The UFAW Handbook has been thedefinitive text since 1947. Written for an international audience,it contains contributions from experts from around the world. The book focuses on best practice principles throughout, providingcomprehensive coverage, with all chapters being peer reviewed byanonymous referees. As well as addressing the husbandry oflaboratory animals, the content is also of great value to zoos andaquaria. Changes for the eighth edition: Revised and updated to reflect developments since publicationof the previous edition. New chapters on areas of growing concern, including: the 3Rs;phenotyping; statistics and experimental design; welfareassessment; legislation; training of people caring for lab animals;and euthanasia. All material combined into one volume for ease ofreference. This book is published on behalf of UFAW (The UniversitiesFederation for Animal Welfare), with whom we also publish theUFAW/Wiley-Blackwell Animal Welfare Book Series.
This majorseries of books provides an authoritative source ofinformation on worldwide developments, current thinking and bestpractice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. Fordetails of all of the titles in the series see www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.

Contents:

Contributors. Foreword (Ian Kimber). 1 Introduction (Robert Hubrecht and James Kirkwood). Part 1 Implementing the Three Rs in research usinganimals. 2 The Three Rs (Jon Richmond). 3 The design of animal experiments (Michael F.W.Festing). 4 Introduction to laboratory animal genetics (Michael F.W.Festing and Cathleen Lutz). 5 Phenotyping of genetically modified mice (Rikke Westh Thon,Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Hilary Gates and Jan-BasPrins). 6 Brief introduction to welfare assessment: a toolbox of techniques (Naomi Latham). 7 Welfare and best practice in field studies ofwildlife (Julie M. Lane and Robbie A. McDonald). 8 Legislation and oversight of the conduct of research usinganimals: a global overview (Kathryn Bayne, Timothy H. Morrisand Malcolm P. France). 9 Planning, design and construction of efficient animalfacilities (Barbara Holgate). 10 Enrichment: animal welfare and experimental outcomes(Robert Hubrecht). 11 Special housing arrangements (Mike Dennis) 12 Refinements in in-house animal production and breeding(Roger Francis). 13 Transportation of laboratory animals (William J. White,Sonja T. Chou, Carl B. Kole and Roy Sutcliffe). 14 Nutrition, feeding and animal welfare (Bart Savenije, JanStrubbe and Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga). 15 Attaining competence in the care of animals used in research(Bryan Howard and Timo Nevalainen). 16 Positive reinforcement training for laboratory animals(Gail Laule). 17 Euthanasia and other fates for laboratory animals (SarahWolfensohn). Part 2 Species kept in the laboratory Mammals. 18 Wild mammals (Ian R. Inglis, Fiona Mathews and AnneHudson). 19 The laboratory opossum (John L. VandeBerg and SarahWilliams-Blangero). 20 Tree shrews (Eberhard Fuchs and SilkeCorbach-Sohle). Rodentia and Lagomorpha 21 The laboratory mouse (Vera Baumans). 22 The laboratory rat (Jaap M. Koolhaas). 23 The laboratory gerbil (Eva Waiblinger). 24 The Syrian hamster (David Whittaker). 25 The husbandry and welfare of non-traditional laboratoryrodents (Chris Sherwin). 26 Voles (Jonathan J. Cooper). 27 The guinea pig (Sylvia Kaiser, Christine Kruger andNorbert Sachser). 28 The laboratory rabbit (Lena Lidfors and ThereseEdstrom). Carnivora. 29 The ferret (Michael Plant and Maggie Lloyd). 30 The laboratory dog (Judy MacArthur Clark and C. JanePomeroy). 31 The domestic cat (Sandra McCune). Ungulates. 32 Pigs and minipigs (Wolfgang Holtz). 33 Cattle (Roger Ewbank). 34 Sheep and goats (Colin L. Gilbert and Keith M.Kendrick). 35 The horse (Fernando Montesso). Non-Human Primates. 36 Marmosets and tamarins (Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith). 37 Squirrel monkeys (Lawrence E. Williams, Alan G. Brady andChristian R. Abee). 38 Capuchin monkeys (James R. Anderson and ElisabettaVisalberghi). 39 Old World monkeys (Sarah Wolfensohn). 40 Chimpanzees (Steven J. Schapiro and Susan P.Lambeth). Birds. 41 The domestic fowl (Ian J.H. Duncan). 42 The Japanese quail (Kimberly M. Cheng, Darin C. Bennettand Andrew D. Mills). 43 The zebra finch (Ruedi G. Nager and Graham Law). 44 Pigeons and doves (Anthony McGregor and MarkHaselgrove). 45 The European starling (Melissa Bateson and LucyAsher). Reptiles and Amphibia. 46 Terrestrial reptiles: lizards, snakes and tortoises (JohnE. Cooper). 47 Aquatic reptiles (Simon Tonge). 48 Amphibians, with special reference to XenopusRichard Tinsley Fish. 49 Fish (James F. Turnbull and Iain Berrill). Cephalopoda. 50 Cephalopoda (Bernd U. Budelmann). Index.