Gorilla pathology and health : with a catalogue of preserved materials /: with a catalogue of preserved materials. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John E. Cooper ; Gordon Hull.
• Authors: Cooper, John E
• Other Names: Hull, Gordon
• Contents: Front Cover; Gorilla Pathology and Health; Copyright Page; Dedication; Quotations; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; About the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; I. Gorilla Pathology and Health; 1 The Genus Gorilla -- Morphology, Anatomy and the Path to Pathology; Introduction; Primate and Comparative Anatomy; The Current Status of Anatomy; Terminology; Conclusions; 2 The Growth of Studies on Primate Pathology; Introduction -- The Growth of Pathology; Studies on the Pathology of Primates; African Studies; The Importance of Comparative Pathology Primates in Biomedical ResearchStudies on Microscopic Anatomy and Cellular Pathology; The Continuing Relevance of Studies on Pathology; The Advantages and Dangers of Extrapolation; Access to Data; The Relevance of Pathology to Health; 3 Infectious Disease and Host Responses; Introduction; Disease and Death in Gorillas; The Aetiology of Disease; What Is 'Pathology'?; Understanding Host Responses -- A Comparative Approach; Endogenous Factors Influencing Host Responses; Discussion of Infectious and Noninfectious Diseases; Infectious Conditions; Bacteria; Viruses; Retroviruses; Filoviruses PoxvirusesParasites (By Ian Redmond); Microbiota, Microbiome and Normal Flora; Emerging Diseases; 4 Noninfectious Disease and Host Responses; Introduction -- Noninfectious Conditions; Trauma -- Causes and Pathogenesis; Specific Responses -- Trauma; Fighting; Infected Wounds; Attacks on Humans; Wounds -- General; Ageing of Wounds; Healing and Regeneration; Sepsis; Snares; Firearms, Exposure to Blasts, Explosions and Unexploded Ordnance; Predation; Exposure to Temperature Changes; Stress and Stressors; 5 Methods of Investigation -- Observation, Clinical Examination and Health Monitoring IntroductionSurveillance of Syndromes; Clinical Work With Gorillas; The Importance of Observation; Indicators of Ill Health; Restraint and Handling; Clinical Examination; Anaesthesia; Medical and Surgical Treatment; The Importance of Multidisciplinary Collaboration; Health Monitoring of Gorillas; Why Is Health Monitoring Important?; Health Monitoring Techniques; Some Conclusions; 6 Methods of Investigation -- Postmortem Examination; Introduction; The Nature and Role of the Postmortem Examination; Before Embarking on a Necropsy; Personnel and Training; Interdisciplinary Studies Access to Material for Postmortem ExaminationPostmortem Procedures; Equipment; Recording of Findings; Performance; External Examination and Sampling; Internal Examination and Sampling; Description of Lesions; Forensic Postmortem Examinations; Postmortem Changes and Determination of Time of Death/PMI; Causes of Death Diagnosis; 7 Methods of Investigation -- Sampling and Laboratory Tests; Introduction; Sampling; Methods; Swabs; Saliva; Faeces; Hair; Urine; DNA and Other Molecular Techniques; Blood; Biochemistry; Cytology; Biopsies; Histology; Reading of Slides; Microbiology; Serology
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 599.884; Gorilla -- Diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128020852; 0128020857
• Related ISBNs: 9780128020395
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed January 16, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.