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A concise guide to experimental surgery on laboratory animals for the purpose of improving surgical technique. Provides information on biomedical research on animals; the choice and care of laboratory animals, including their housing and husbandry; the handling, injection, and collection of body fluids; the operating room; general surgical techniques; anaesthesia; tissue surgery; microsurgery; regional surgery; post-operative care; and biological measurement techniques. Well illustrated with clear and simple line drawings. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.