Contents
INTRODUCTION

1 Preparing for Anaesthesia
2 Anaesthesia
3 Anaesthetic Management
4 Special Techniques
5 Analgesia and Post Operative Care
6 Anaesthesia of Common Laboratory Species: Special Considerations

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 1 Recommended techniques and physiological data
APPENDIX 2 Estimation of required quantities of volatile anaesthetics and anaesthetic gases
APPENDIX 3 Examples of dilutions of anaesthetic mixtures for small rodents
APPENDIX 4 Manufacturers of equipment and other items illustrated or cited in the text

Author: By Paul Flecknell, Comparative Biology Centre, The Medical School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK