Veterinary Specialty Boards Reading Lists

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○ Chapter 1 pg 11, expanding zebrafish (ZF) research into new areas. A good overview of why ZF are used for research and how.
○ Chapter 2 pgs 19-20, Zebrafish and its relation to other fish model species and Evolutionary Mutant Fish models. Talks about the relationship between ZF and other fish species, and a little overview of other teleost species utilized in biomedical research.
○ Ch 26, Pg 284 Mating tanks section how demands are met for research production.
○ Ch 26 pg 286, Environmental enrichment, importance of group housing as environmental enrichment.
○ Ch 27 pg 200 abstract section - differences between cleaning, disinfection, sterilization.
○ Ch 27 pg 304-cleaning agents and techniques used in aquatics facilities, goes through the agents used in ZF systems and techniques.
○ Ch 29 pg 322-324, Making water in for controlled aquatic environments, discusses how to utilize sources of water for research facilities.
○ Ch 29, table 29.2, pg 333, Summarizes water quality parameters for ZF culture.
○ Ch 30 pgs 343-344, table 30.1, overview table of mechanical filtration, this chapter also has great pics of filtration systems.
○ Ch 30, pgs 352-354, Disinfection, covers some specifics of UV and ozone disinfection, target intensities, use in ZF facilities.
○ Ch 31, pgs 357-359, Spawning and the Sexes, discusses breeding ZF and sexing males vs females.
○ Ch 32, pgs 366-369, Feeding, Discusses nutrient requirements and feed options for ZF larvae.
○ Ch 34, pg 412, Euthanasia guidelines, entire chapter is a good overview of analgesics and anesthesia. Euthanasia guidelines main good focus.
○ Ch 35, pgs 419-424, Health Surveillance Sampling sources, very relevant in lab animal environment and also other colony management areas, good overview for how to sample for health monitoring of a fish colony.
○ Ch 38, pg 451-452, USDA DHHS, ILAR sections, discuss where zebrafish and fish fall via regulatory bodies.
○ Ch 38, pg 455, about IACUC.
○ Ch 43 pg 531, some neoplastic dz in ZF can be relevant like this section for research purposes, infxs disease repercussions (pseudocapillaria) and toxicology studies.
○ Ch 45 pg 560-561, The emergence of ZF as a versatile vertebrate model system to understand embryology, quick summary of why ZF are used for embryology research and benefits.
○ Ch 50 pg 649-650, What is a genetic screen and why are zebrafish useful and overview of why zf are used for genetics.

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