Exotic Animal Medicine - E-Book

Lance Jepson

Description

Exotic pets are more popular than ever before, so make sure you are ready to care for everything from rats to songbirds with Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd Edition. Expanded with three all new chapters and updated content, this new edition provides the key points on differential diagnoses and diagnostics, along with background information on a wide variety of exotic pets, to veterinary practitioners who may or may not have experience treating them. Its practical quick-reference outline format makes it easy for you to see the conditions likely to be encountered within a species; develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly; initiate an investigational plan; and view treatment regimens.

• Covers the most commonly encountered exotic species in one text, making it a succinct and practical clinician’s guide to diagnosing and treating a wide variety of exotic pets.
• Expert advice on diagnostic approaches, clinical techniques, anesthetic protocols, and treatment regimens offers an invaluable source of useful clinically applicable material.
• Organization of chapters by species and clinical signs enables you to access information easily and efficiently.
• User-friendly outline format allows the guide to act as a quick reference in the clinical setting.

• NEW! All new chapters on marmosets and tamarins, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders provide up-to-date coverage of exotic species you may encounter in the clinic.
• NEW! Thoroughly updated and expanded coverage of exotic species and the problems that may plague them helps you develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly and seek appropriate care for exotic animals, such as: ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, pet rats, hamsters and other small rodents; parrots, budgerigars and related species, canaries, finches, toucans; lizards, snakes, tortoises and turtles, frogs, salamanders; pond fish, tropical freshwater fish and tropical marine fish.

Sujets

• Veterinary Medicine
• Medical
• Médecine

Informations

• Publié par: Saunders
• Date de parution: 02 novembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780323394307
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Exotic Animal Medicine
A Quick Reference Guide
Lance Jepson MA, VetMB, CBiol, MIBiol, MRCVS
Origin Vets Veterinary Referral & Consultancy
Service for Zoo, Avian, Aquatic and Unusual Pets, Wales, UK
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Dedication
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Second Edition
How to use this book
Chapter 1 Ferrets
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Splenic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Neonatal disorders
Chapter 2 Rabbits
Consultation and handling
Use of glucose and sodium as prognostic indicators in the rabbit
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Differential diagnoses for respiratory disorders
Dental disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Failure to caecotroph
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular disorders
Systemic disorders
Neuromuscular disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Chapter 3 Guinea pigs, chinchillas, and degus
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Dental disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive tract disorders
Reproductive failure
Chapter 4 Small rodents
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Chapter 5 Common or cotton-eared marmosets
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Splenic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Marmoset wasting syndrome (MWS)
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Neonatal disorders
Chapter 6 Hedgehogs
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Splenic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Neonatal disorders
Chapter 7 Sugar gliders
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Behavioral disorders
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Splenic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Neonatal disorders
Chapter 8 Parrots and related species
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
The self-mutilating parrot
Upper respiratory tract disorders
Lower respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Splenic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Systemic disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Reproductive disorders
Growth and weaning
Chapter 9 Songbirds and softbills
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Systemic disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Neurological disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Hepatic disorders
Renal disorders
Endocrine disorders
Reproductive disorders
Nutritional disorders
Chapter 10 Lizards
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Swollen/distended body cavity
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Renal disorders
Reproductive disorders
Neonatal disorders
Behavioral disorders
Chapter 11 Snakes
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Differential diagnosis for gastrointestinal disorders
Anorexia
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Renal disorders
Reproductive disorders
Neonatal disorders
Chapter 12 Tortoises and turtles
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Lower respiratory tract disorders
Ear disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Urinary disorders
Endocrine disorders
Hibernation-associated disorders
Reproductive disorders
Pediatric and neonatal disorders
Husbandry-related disorders
Chapter 13 Amphibians
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Endocrine disorders
Renal and urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Chapter 14 Goldfish and koi
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic and swimming disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Chapter 15 Tropical freshwater fish
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Hepatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic and swimming disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Anorexia
Endocrine disorders
Renal disorders
Reproductive disorders
Chapter 16 Tropical marine fish
Consultation and handling
Nursing care
Skin disorders
Respiratory tract disorders
Gastrointestinal tract disorders
Nutritional disorders
Hepatic disorders
Pancreatic disorders
Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders
Systemic disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
Neurologic and swimming disorders
Ophthalmic disorders
Anorexia
Endocrine disorders
Urinary disorders
Reproductive disorders
Bibliography
Index
Dedication
Dedicated to my parents, Edna and Gordon, who have suffered fish, snakes, and escaping frogs, as well as childhood holidays dictated by zoo locations, and to my sons Charlton, Quaid, and Lloyd, who over the years have been enthusiastic but frequently bemused spectators of the animal antics in both my professional and home life.
Copyright

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EXOTIC ANIMAL MEDICINE: A QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE, SECOND EDITION ISBN: 978-0-323-32849-4
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