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  • The "AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia" (pdf) 2013.
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Books:

  • ALAT Training Manual. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Cordova, TN. 2010 Available at the Scientific Library
  • Allen, Matthew J., and Gary Borkowski. The Laboratory Small Ruminants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1998. GB Limited Preview
  • Anderson, R.S. and A.T.B. Edney. Practical Animal Handling. Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK. 1991.
  • Behringer R, Gertsenstein M, Nagy KV, Nagy A (editors). 2014. Manipulating the mouse embryo: A laboratory manual. 4th edition. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Bennett, B.T., C.R. Abee, R. Henrickson. Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1995.
  • Bhatt, P.N., Jacoby, R.O., and New, A.E. Viral and Mycoplasmal Infections of Laboratory Rodents. Academic Press, Orlando, FL, 1986.
  • Crow, Steven E., and Sally O. Walshaw. Manual of Clinical Procedures of the Dog, Cat and Rabbit, 2nd Ed. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, PA. 1998. GB Limited Preview of 1997 version; 2009 version Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Cunliffe-Beamer, Terrie L. The Laboratory Mouse. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1998. Not Available under this author but The Laboratory Mouse by Gillian Bullock is available online, and another book with the same title but authored by Mark Suckow is also Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Cohen, B.J. and Loew, F.M. Laboratory Animal Medicine: Historical Perspectives. Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, FL. 1984.
  • Duellman, W.E., and T. Trube. Biology of Amphibians. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY. 1985. GB Limited Preview of 1994 version
  • Field, Karl, and Amber Sibold. The Laboratory Hamster and Gerbil. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1998. Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Flecknell, P.A. Laboratory Animal Anesthesia, 2nd Ed. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1996. The 2015, 4rd edition, is Available Online at the Scientific Library.
  • Fortman, Jeffrey D., B. Taylor Bennett and Terry A. Hewett. The Laboratory Non-Human Primate. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1998. GB Limited Preview of the 2001 version
  • Fox, J.G. Biology and Diseases of the Ferret. Lea and Febiger. 1988.
  • Fox JG, Anderson LC, Otto GM, Pritchett-Corning KR, and Whary MT (eds.) Laboratory Animal Medicine. Academic Press, Elsevier, 3rd Edition 2015. Available Online at the Scientific Library
  • Fox, M.A. The Case for Animal Experimentation: An Evolutionary and Ethical Perspective. University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA. 1986. Fowler, M.E. Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals. Iowa State University Press. Ames, IA. 1995.
  • Fowler, M.E. Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1986. The 2008 version is Available Online at the Scientific Library.
  • Frandson, R.D. Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals, 5th. Edition. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1992. GB Limited Preview. 2018 version is Available Online at the Scientific Library.
  • Frye, F.L. Biomedical and Surgical Aspects of Captive Reptile Husbandry. Veterinary Medicine Publishing Company, Edwardsville, KS. 1981. Jurgens, M.H. Animal Feeding and Nutrition. Kendall/Hunt, Inc., Dubuque, IA. 1988.
  • Harkness, J.E. and J.E. Wagner. The Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents, 4th Ed. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, PA. 1995. Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Hecker, J.F. The Sheep as an Experimental Animal. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 1986
  • Hillyer, E.V. and Quesenberry, K.E. Ferrets, Rabbits and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1997. 2012, 3rd edition by Quesenberry and Carpenter is Available Online at the Scientific Library.
  • Hrapkiewicz, Karen, Leticia Medina, and Donald D. Holmes. Clinical Laboratory Animal Medicine: An Introduction, 2nd Ed. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA. 1997. The 2007, 3rd edition, is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Johnson-Delaney, K. Exotic Companion Medicine Handbook for Veterinarians. Wingers Publishing. 1996.
  • Kirk, R.W. and Bistner, S.I. Handbook of Veterinary Procedures and Emergency Treatment, 6th Ed. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1995. The 2012,edition is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Knecht, C.D. et al. Fundamental Techniques in Veterinary Surgery, 3rd Ed. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1987.
  • Laber-Laird, K., M.M. Swindle, and P. Flecknell, Handbook of Rodent and Rabbit Medicine. Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK. 1996 
  • Manning, P.J., Ringler, D.H. Newcomer, C.E. The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit, 2nd. Edition, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1994 Available Online at the Scientific Library
  • Martin, Brent. The Laboratory Cat. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1997. The 1998 version is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • McBride, Doug. Learning Veterinary Terminology, Mosby-Year Book, Inc. St. Louis, MO. 1996. The 2002 edition is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • McCurnin, D.M. Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians. 6th Edition. W.B. Saunders. Philadelphia, PA,. is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Nicholas, F.W. Veterinary Genetics. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA. 1987.
  • Outteridge, P.M. Veterinary Immunology. Academic Press, Orlando, FL, 1986. As a substitute for this one, Veterinary Immunology: an introduction, 2009 by Ian Tizard is Available in the Scientific Library.
  • Poole, Trevor (ed.). The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals, 6th. Ed. Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, England. 1987. 1999 (7th) edition Available Online at the Scientific Library.
  • Pratt, P.W. Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians. Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 1996. The 2007 edition, by Charles Hendrix, is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Rollin, Bernard E., and M. Lynne Kesel (ed.). The Experimental Animal in Biomedical Research. Volume II: Care, Husbandry and Well-Being: An Overview By Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1992 1995 Version GB Limited Preview
  • Rosskopf, W.J. and R.W. Woerpel. Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD. 1996.
  • Sharp, Patrick, and Marie LaRegina. The Laboratory Rat. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1998. Available at the Scientific Library, or the same title but with a different author is Available Online
  • Short, C.E., ed. Principles and Practice of Veterinary Anesthesia.
  • Siegmund, O.H. et al., eds. The Merck Veterinary Manual, 7th Ed. Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, 1991. 2010 version by Khan is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Stanton, H.C. and H.J. Mersmann, (eds.) Swine In Cardiovascular Research. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1986.
  • Suckow, Mark A., and Fred A. Douglas. The Laboratory Rabbit. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1997. The updated, 2010, version is Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Svendsen, P. and Hau, J. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science. Volume 1. CRC Press, 1994. Boca Raton, FL. Available at the Scientific Library. The 2011 volumes are also Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Swindle, M.M. Swine as Models in Biomedical Research. Iowa State University Press, IA. 1992.
  • Terril, Lizabeth A., and Donna Clemens. The Laboratory Guinea Pig. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1998. Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Van Hoosier, G.L. and C.W. McPherson, (eds.) Laboratory Hamsters. Academic Press, Orlando, FL. 1987.
  • Wagner, J.E. and P.J. Manning, (eds.) The Biology of the Guinea Pig. Academic Press, Orlando, FL. 1976. Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Waynforth, H.B., Experimental and Surgical Technique in the Rat. 2nd. Edition. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1994. 1992 version Available at the Scientific Library.
  • Weisbroth, S.H., R.E. Flatt, and A.L. Kraus, ( eds.) The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit. American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Series. Academic Press, Orlando, FL. 1995. The 1994 version in the series is Available online at the Scientific Library.
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