One of the major problems in laboratory animal anesthesia and pain control lies in the fact
that, under many circumstances, it is difficult to ascertain adequacy of anesthesia or …

Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals focuses on the special anesthetic,
analgesic and postoperative care requirements associated with experimental interventions …

Rodents are the most commonly used species in biomedical research. Individuals
conducting rodent research are often responsible to ensure that all areas of anesthesia and …

Clear guidelines on the proper care and use of laboratory animals are being sought by
researchers and members of the many committees formed to oversee animal care at …

In clinical practice the choice of analgesic is based on the efficacy, duration of action, ease
of administration, safety, availability and cost of the particular agents. All but the latter two …

Since the publication of the first edition, interest in the field has continued to rise, most
notably in pain management. Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals focuses on …

Pain hurts. Everyone can agree on this simple truth, but identifying pain has proven
challenging, and measuring it considerably more challenging yet. Although pain consists in …

This chapter describes some properties of commonly used sedative, anesthetic, and
analgesic agents for laboratory animals. Inhalants (mainly isoflurane and sevoflurane) are …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide practical advice for administering anesthetics,
analgesics, and euthanasia agents to the most commonly used laboratory animal species. It …

Publisher Summary This chapter introduces the process of monitoring of analgesia,
highlighting its importance. Veterinarians and investigators have both a moral and a legal …