Laboratory Animal Medicine
2nd Edition
Description
A volume in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine series, this second edition has over 40% new material, including the addition of six new topics and many others that are completely rewritten. The book comprehensively covers the biological and disease aspects of laboratory animal medicine while examining other aspects such as the biohazards associated with the use of animal experimentation and factors complicating the bioethics of animal research.
Readership
Veterinary and medical students and researchers who utilize animals in biomedical research.
Details
- No. of pages:
- 900
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2002
- Published:
- 17th May 2002
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780122639517
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080535333
Reviews
"...this new edition has maintained the level of quality and quantity one has come to expect from the ACLAM publication series. In its absence, an animal research library should be considered incomplete." -LABORATORY ANIMAL PRACTITIONER (2003) "This book offers students of veterinary medicine with practicing or interested scientists in biology and medicine with clearly written and scientifically valid information on the animals used in biomedical research. While the well chosen photographs and illustrations are important and necessary compliments to the text information, the detailed 60-page index allows 'point-source' location of specific details...well organized, well written, and well published, this volume offers much to many who will be seeking its facts and figures." -VET HUMAN TOXICOL (February 2003) "This book is written in a clear, readable style that is informative on each topic without significant changes in style among the 32 chapters...a valuable reference for those who need this type of laboratory animal information." -VETERINARY PATHOLOGY (2003)
Ratings and Reviews
About the Editors
James Fox Editor
James G. Fox, DVM, MS, DACLAM, is a Professor and Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine and a Professor in the Division of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Diplomate and a past president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, past president of the Massachusetts Society of Medical Research, past chairman of AAALAC Council, and past chairman of the NCCR/NIH Comparative Medicine Study Section. He also is an elected fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Professor Fox is the author of over 490 articles, 80 chapters, 3 patents and has edited and authored 13 texts in the field of in vivo model development and comparative medicine.
Affiliations and Expertise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Lynn Anderson Editor
Affiliations and Expertise
VP and Global Scientific Leader, Animal Welfare and Lab Animal Medicine, Covance Laboratories, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Franklin Loew Editor
Affiliations and Expertise
Becker College, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Fred Quimby Editor
Affiliations and Expertise
Laboratory Animal Research Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
About the Editor-in-Chiefs
James Fox Editor-in-Chief
James G. Fox, DVM, MS, DACLAM, is a Professor and Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine and a Professor in the Division of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Diplomate and a past president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, past president of the Massachusetts Society of Medical Research, past chairman of AAALAC Council, and past chairman of the NCCR/NIH Comparative Medicine Study Section. He also is an elected fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. Professor Fox is the author of over 490 articles, 80 chapters, 3 patents and has edited and authored 13 texts in the field of in vivo model development and comparative medicine.
Affiliations and Expertise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA