Laboratory Animal Anaesthesia

Contents

INTRODUCTION

1 Preparing for Anaesthesia
2 Anaesthesia
3 Anaesthetic Management
4 Special Techniques
5 Analgesia and Post Operative Care
6 Anaesthesia of Common Laboratory Species: Special Considerations

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 1 Recommended techniques and physiological data
APPENDIX 2 Estimation of required quantities of volatile anaesthetics and anaesthetic gases
APPENDIX 3 Examples of dilutions of anaesthetic mixtures for small rodents
APPENDIX 4 Manufacturers of equipment and other items illustrated or cited in the text

Readership
Researchers, post docs and graduate students who utilize animals in biomedical research.

Author Information
By Paul Flecknell, Comparative Biology Centre, The Medical School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK