جزییات کتاب
To diminish the learning curve associated with using swine as models, Swine in the Laboratory: Surgery, Anesthesia, Imaging, and Experimental Techniques, Second Edition provides practical technical information for the use of swine in biomedical research. The book focuses on models produced by surgical and other invasive procedures, supplying the basic principles for performing experiments with an organ or system of interest. New to the Second EditionUpdated sections on anesthesia and perioperative care, including practical information for more complex models Expansion of anatomic and physiologic details Additional detail in the endoscopy sectionChapters on toxicology and radiobiologyChapters that include angiographic, echocardiographic, CT, MRI, and PET imaging techniques with a corresponding DVD of the imagesMore tables of normal values on the most commonly used minipigs and domestic breedsBeneficial for investigators, veterinarians, and technicians using swine for experimental and agricultural procedures, Swine in the Laboratory is certain to foster the appropriate, humane use of swine in biomedical research.