Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats

This new edition?a must for all researchers who use these lab animals?provides practical suggestions for breeding, keeping, and identifying pathogen-free laboratory rodents.

It contains three informative sections. The first, Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention, summarizes methods for eliminating infectious agents.

It offers information on pathogen terminology; pathogen status of rodents; and breeding, transporting, isolating, testing, and diagnosing rodents.

The second section, Individual Disease Agents and Their Effects on Research, describes the diagnosis and control of each infectious agent, and the last section, Diagnostic Indexes: Clinical Signs, Pathology, and Research Complications, contains informative tables covering all the diseases listed in the volume, arranged to help in the diagnosis of infected animals. Table of ContentsFront MatterI. Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention1. Objectives, Terminology, and Overview of Pathogen Status2.

Breeding, Transportation, and Use of Pathogen-Free Rodents3.

Barrier Programs4. Health Surveillance ProgramsII. Individual Disease Agents and Their Effects on Research5.

Introduction6. Respiratory System7. Digestive System8. Skin and Joints9. Hemopoietic System10. Central Nervous System11. Genitourinary System12. Multiple SystemsIII. Indexes to Diagnosis and Research Complications of InfectiousAgentsIntroductionClinical SignsPathologyResearch ComplicationsReferencesIndex