Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals focuses on the special anesthetic, analgesic, and postoperative care requirements associated with experimental surgery. Fully revised and updated this new edition provides the reader with agents, methods, and techniques for anesthesia and analgesia that ensure humane and successful procedural outcomes.

• Provides researchers with the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the use of anesthesia and analgesia in laboratory animals


• Thoroughly updated with new material on ferrets, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates


• Includes hot topic areas such as pain research, ethical issues, legal issues, and imaging studies