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This book demonstrates that good science, animal care, and humane ethics are consonant and complimentary. Many environmental and treatment-related variables that can adversely affect both the animal and the validity of research are detailed. Fox provides a critical review of present standards of laboratory animal husbandry and routine experimental procedures.
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Laboratory Animal Environment: Room for Concern
Chapter 2 Present Standards and Questionable Conditions
Chapter 3 Experimental Variables
Chapter 4 Social Influences and Pheromones
Chapter 5 Social Deprivation and Isolation Effects
Chapter 6 Handling, Socialization, and Caretaker Effects
Chapter 7 Genotypic and Phenotypic Variables
Chapter 8 Alternatives and New Directions
Chapter 9 Behavioral and Ethical Aspects of Plain and Suffering in Research Animals
Chapter 10 Animal Health and Welfare — Toward the One Medicine
Chapter 11 Animal Rights: Ethical Issues and Human Obligations
Appendix I Humane Attitudes in Animal Care
Appendix II The Control of the Proximate, Especially Behavioral, Environment
Appendix III Section of Animal Welfare Act Relevant to the Veterinarian's Role and Judicial Authority
Appendix IV Toward A Philosophy of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care
References
Index