Recognition and alleviation of pain in laboratory animals
By: Committee on Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780309128346; 9780309128353
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction; title: Pain in research animals: General principles and considerations; title: Mechanisms of pain; title: Recognition and assessment of pain; title: Effective pain management; title: Humane endpoints for animals in pain; title: Appendixes: Models of pain; title: U.S. regulations and guidelines regarding recognition and alleviation of pain in laboratory animals.