Includes bibliographies and index.

Laws on use of animals for experimental purposes -- Feeding, selecti on, and care of experimental animals -- Anesthesia and euthanasia -- Op erating table -- Instruments and suture material -- Fistulas and pouche s in ruminants -- Cannulation of bile and pancreatic ducts -- Splenecto my -- Cannulation of arteries and veins -- Portal vein procedures / A. Dare McGillard -- Depletion operations -- Biopsies -- Implants and tran splants -- Trachectomy -- Biotelemetry systems for recording physiologi cal data from animals / Joseph L. Riley -- Hypophysectomy in the young calf / R.S. Comline and A.V. Edwards -- Pinealectomy in the white-taile d deer / John F. Kavanaugh and Robert Cowan -- Embryo transfer in cattl e / Robert F. Rowe -- Surgery of the thoracic inlet and cavity / James A. Will and R.W. Dougherty.