[July 9, 2025] Harkness and Wagner's Biology and Medicine of Rabbits and Rodents 6th Edition

Your Practical Guide to Small Mammal Health and Husbandry, 6th Edition

This book provides a thorough update to the classic reference on small mammal health and husbandry, now with full-color clinical photographs throughout. This comprehensive, practical guide is equally useful in research, companion animal practice, or food animal settings, and is an essential reference for veterinary professionals and students.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Coverage: It provides a comprehensive, practical guide to caring for rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, and chinchillas.
• New Topics: New topics for the Sixth Edition include environmental monitoring for rodent health assessments, behavioral management considerations for optimizing animal health, enhanced pain assessment approaches, as well as considerations for creating a welfare-friendly small mammal practice.
• Clinical Procedures: The book covers a wide range of clinical procedures, including hematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, surgery, post-operative care, dentistry, ophthalmology, and imaging.
• Genetic Engineering: It covers new techniques for creating and modifying genetically engineered rodents, reflecting the latest advances in research.
• Updated Information: The Sixth Edition also updates common therapeutics, analgesics, anesthetics, and blood collection methodology, disease biology, husbandry, diagnostic modalities, and references.
• Broad Audience: An essential reference for veterinary professionals dealing with small mammal species in research or practice settings, as well as veterinary students interested in small animals, comparative medicine, or laboratory animal medicine.