Current therapy in avian medicine and surgery. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor-in-chief, Brian L. Speer, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM (Avian), the Medical Center for Birds, Oakley, California.
• Editors: Speer, Brian L
• Contents: Introduction/Foreword -- Section 1: Advances in avian medicine. Avian medicine: an overview -- A historical view of avian medicine -- Specializing in avian medicine and its practice -- Critical thinking and practical application of evidence-based medicine in avian practice -- Infectious disease -- The pathogenesis of infectious diseases -- Avian bornavirus and PDD -- Psittacid herpesviruses and associated diseases -- Psittacine beak and feather disease -- Avian influenza -- Aspergillosis -- Coccidial diseases -- Macrorhabdosis -- Chlamydiosis -- Mycobacteriosis -- Usutu virus -- Neoplastic diseases in avian species -- Advancements in nutrition and nutritional therapy -- Foundations in avian nutrition -- Advancements in nutrition of Loridae -- Nutriceuticals -- Behavioral medicine -- The cardiovascular system -- Advancements in diagnosis and management of disorders of the colon and cloaca -- Pleura, pericardium and peritoneum: the coelomic cavities of birds and thier relationship to the lung-air sac system -- The nervous system -- The endocrine system -- Anatomy and physiology of the protein hormones and the glands that produce them -- Endocrinology of the protein hormones in avian species: diseases -- Diagnosis and treatment of avian endocrine diseases -- The immune system -- Reproduction -- Advancements in methods for improving reproductive success -- Advancements in methods for decreasing reproductive success -- Advances in clinical pathology and diagnostic medicine -- Foundations in avian clinical pathology -- Hematology -- Clinical biochemistries -- Cytology -- Molecular diagnostic testing -- Diagnostic testing of age of birds and its applications -- Advances in diagnostic imaging -- Management and medicine of backyard poultry -- Medicine of Strigiformes -- Critical care -- Advancements in diagnosis and management of toxicologic problems -- Section 2: Advances in anesthesia, analgesia and surgery. Anesthesia -- Recognition, assessment and management of pain in birds -- Surgery -- Principles of microsurgery -- Surgical approaches to the ventral coelom and selected procedures -- Surgical approaches to the left lateral coelom and selected procedures -- Proventriculotomy/ventriculotomy -- Orthopedic surgery -- Section 3: Advances in welfare, conservation, and practice management. Advancements in management of the welfare of avian species -- Foundations in avian welfare -- Animal welfare acts and their influence on avian welfare -- Wing trimming or deflighting procedures &#x; a global view -- The human-avian bond -- Euthanasia -- Conservation of avian species -- Foundations in avian conservation -- Advancements in radiotelemetry -- The Spix's macaw recovery program -- The takahe recovery project -- The California condor recovery project -- The whooping recovery project -- Practice management and risk management -- Practice management -- Managing risk in avian practice -- The forensic necropsy -- Section 4: Pattern recognition. Global view of common conditions in common companion bird species -- Australia -- Europe -- North America -- Mexico and Central America -- South America -- Africa.
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 908 pages), illustrations (chiefly color), map
• Subjects: 636.5/089; Avian medicine; Birds -- Diseases; Birds -- Surgery; Avian medicine; Birds -- Diseases; Birds -- Surgery; Bird Diseases; Birds -- surgery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323243674; 0323243673
• Related ISBNs: 9781455746712; 1455746711
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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