Anaesthetic and sedative techniques for aquatic animals, 3d ed.9781405149389 Anaesthetic and sedative sedative, any of a variety of drugs that relieve anxiety. Most sedatives act as mild depressants of the nervous system, lessening general nervous activity or reducing the irritability or activity of a specific organ. techniques for aquatic animals, 3d ed. Ross, Lindsay G. and Barbara Ross. Blackwell Publishing 2008 222 pages $140.00 Hardcover SH156 The authors (of the Institute of Aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. , U. of Stirling, UK) present the third edition of their practical reference on aquatic animal anesthesia for fisheries or aquaculture laboratories. The new edition expands data on chemical structures, nomenclature, and trade name of drugs, as well as the range of information tables, and incorporates such advances as the use of clove oil and combined anesthesia and analgesia analgesia /an·al·ge·sia/ (an?al-je´ze-ah) 1. absence of sensibility to pain. 2. the relief of pain without loss of consciousness. . It also includes a new chapter on pain in aquatic animals. The other chapters discuss defining stress in aquatic animals; the nature of anesthesia, sedation, and analgesia; the features of anesthetic agents; anesthesia and legislation; factors affecting the response of aquatic ectotherms to anesthesia; inhalation anesthesia; inhalation anesthesia using gases; parenteral parenteral /pa·ren·ter·al/ (pah-ren´ter-al) not through the alimentary canal, but rather by injection through some other route, as subcutaneous, intramuscular, etc. par·en·ter·al adj. 1. and oral anesthesia; non-chemical methods; anesthesia of aquatic invertebrates; anesthesia of amphibians amphibians members of the animal class Amphibia. Includes frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and cecilians all capable of living on land or in water. and reptiles; and transportation and anesthesia. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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