Notes in the Category of C Reflections on Laboratory Animal Care and Use

Notes in the Category C: Reflections on Laboratory Animal Care and Use addresses how to improve laboratory animal care and use, also characterizing the current state of the industry and speculating on its long-term future. It offers analysis from a professional who has spent a lot of time in the trenches, also highlighting new approaches to produce further advances in the field. As the proper care and use of lab animals is critically important to scientists and those who depend on data generated from those animals, this comprehensive book is an ideal resource on the topic.

Physicians, patients and their families, consumers, federal and non-profit research funding entities, health advocacy organizations, the FDA, EPA, regulatory approval agencies, and companies that invest billions in R&D to create new diagnostics, drugs, vaccines and medical devices will find this an informative addition for their work.

1. Introduction2. Lab Animal Care Today and Tomorrow3. Comparative Medicine4. Comparative Management5. Comparative Ethics

Researchers and professionals engaged in lab animal care and use, including veterinarians, animal care givers, scientists and lab technicians, research administrators and executives, regulators and commercial vendors who serve this industry.

• Offers an open dialogue about problems and issues in laboratory animal science
• Discusses various approaches to making laboratory animal science programs more cost-effective
• Presents new frameworks for lab animal medicine that may advance better veterinary care and improve informative animal models