Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine : R. Eric Miller, Nadine Lamberski, Paul P. Calle Current Therapy, Volume 9 /

Book

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1: general --
Section 2: Animal welfare --
Section 3: Conservation medicine --
Section 4: reproduction --
Section 5: therapeutics --
Section 6: anesthesia and analgesia --
Section 7: diagnostics --
Section 8: emerging and changing infectious diseases --
Section 9: infectious diseases --
Section 10: aquatic --
Section 11: amphibians and reptiles --
Section 12: avian --
Section 13: marsupials --
Section 14: small mammals --
Section 15: carnivores --
Section 16: great apes --
Section 17: marine mammals --
Section 18: ruminants --
Section 19: elephants and rhinoceroses.

Bringing together a globally diverse range of timely topics related to zoo and wild animals, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 9 is an invaluable tool for any professional working directly with wildlife and zoo animals. The text's user-friendly format guides readers through biology, anatomy, and special physiology; reproduction; restraint and handling; housing requirements; nutrition and feeding; surgery and anesthesia; diagnostics, and therapeutics for each animal. Two new co-editors and a globally diverse group of expert contributors each lend their expertise on a wide range of new topics - including a new section on emerging wildlife diseases covering topics like MERS, Equine Herpesvirus, and Ebola in great apes. Other new topics integrated into this ninth volume include: stem cell therapy in zoo medicine, cardiac disease in great apes, disease risk assessment in field studies, Tasmanian devil tumors, and the latest information on the elephant herpes virus. With all its synthesized coverage of emerging trends, treatment protocols, and diagnostic updates new to the field, Fowler's is a reference you don't want to be without.