This pioneering work is an attempt to provide an up-to-date account of the laboratory techniques. Basically designed for students, research workers and teachers, at various universities, institutions and laboratories, the present work will enable the user to find his way through the large and often bewildering affray of methods currently available. Volume wise organisation of work is :Laboratory Animals; Breeding in Laboratory Animals; Birds in Laboratory; Instrumentation; Cell and Tissue Culture; Laboratory Culture of Animals; Microscopically Methods; Biochemical Techniques; Pathological Techniques; and Methods in Toxicology. For the Biochemists, microbiologist, immunologists, pharmacology pharmacist and all students in biologically related sciences, this enryclopaedia will prove of utmost.

Dr. M. Prakash has had a brilliant academic record. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph. D in Zoology from Vikram University, Ujjain. A seasoned teacher and researcher, Dr. Prakash has been teaching postgraduate students for more than twenty five years. He has published many research papers unprofessional journals of repute. Dr. Prakash is active member/Fellow of many professional societies / associations. Dr. C. K. Arora completed her post graduation from Agra University. She has been teaching since Last fifteen years. A keen researcher, she has authored many books and written many learned research papers, published in reputed journals.