Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine Principles and Procedures

<p>Learn the veterinary technician''s role in the care of exotic pets and animals used in biomedical research! <b>Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine: Principles and Procedures, 3rd Edition </b>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.</p><ul><b><li>Comprehensive coverage</b> 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, amphibian