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Product Description Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Discusses common diseases of laboratory animals, such as mice, rats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and gerbils. Features more than 300 illustrations, new material on transgenic animals, and suggestions for further reading. Previous edition: c1993.
Book Description Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits serves as a general reference to diseases that affect common laboratory animals. Veterinary pathologists, laboratory animal veterinarians, and students will appreciate the concise organization and easily accessible information on key diagnostic features, differential diagnoses, and significance of diseases. This new edition features updates throughout and increased emphasis on timely topics such as infectious diseases and genetically engineered species.Pathological conditions covered include viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic diseases, nutritional and metabolic disorders, behavioral disorders, aging and degenerative disorders, environment-related disease, and neoplasms. Organized by species, coverage includes mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, and rabbits.
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