Amphibians: Guidelines for the Breeding, Care, and Management of Laboratory Animals (1974)

Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

Abstract

The recommendations and guidelines suggested here should be considered as tentative. Specific procedures are subject to modification in accordance with individual situations, colony size, and personal preference.A serious handicap to the development of adequate care of amphibians is the relative inaccessibility to investigators of jargon-free, yet adequate, accounts of the whole animal biology of amphibians. While this document cannot contain more than brief reference to some of these matters, we hope it will provide essential information to those who are not experienced with amphibians.