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Basic principles of housing and care of laboratory animals
Authors: Ypsilantis, Petros
Reviewer: Dontas, Ismene
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Abstract:
This chapter describes the basic principles of housing and care of laboratory animals. It provides information on the infrastructure of facilities for housing and use of laboratory animals, the micro- and macro-environment conditions, hygiene conditions (cleaning, disinfection, sterilization) of the facilities as well as food and water supply to the animals. Finally, it presents tables regarding the minimum requirements for housing of various laboratory animal species defined by the national legislation.
Linguistic Editors: Alexopoulou, Katerina
Graphic Editors: Tsakmaki, Eleni
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 18-01-2023
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License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8975
Bibliographic Reference: Ypsilantis, P. (2023). Basic principles of housing and care of laboratory animals [Chapter]. In Ypsilantis, P. 2022. Laboratory Animal Science [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/8975
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Laboratory Animal Science
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions