Zoo and wild animal medicine : current therapy /: current therapy. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Murray E. Fowler, R. Eric Miller.
• Other Names: Fowler, Murray E; Miller, R. Eric
• Contents: Section I: Conditions Affecting Multiple Species -- 1. West Nile Virus in Birds and Mammals -- 2. Current Diagnostic Methods for Tuberculosis in Zoo Animals -- 3. Use of Infrared Thermography in Zoo and Wild Animals -- 4. Behavioral Clues to the Detection of Illness in Wild Animals: Models in Camelids and Elephants -- 5. Ionophores: Salinomycin Toxicity in Camelids -- 6. Emerging Diseases at the Interface of People, Domestic Animals and Wildlife -- 7. Behavioral Training for Medical Procedures -- 8. The ₃Balai₄ Directive of the European Union: A Difficult Piece of Veterinary Legislation -- 9. Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Zoo Animals -- 10. Avian Influenza -- Conservation Medicine -- 11. Disease Management in Ex-Situ Invertebrate Conservation Programs -- 12. Use of Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers as Monitors of Ecosystem Health -- 13. Biopsy Darting -- Section II: Poikilotherms -- Fish -- 14. Selected Fish Diseases in Wild Populations -- 15. Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV) -- Amphibians -- 16. Veterinary Participation in the Puerto Rican Crested Toad Program -- 17. Amphibian Chytridiomycosis -- 18. Raising Giant Tortoises -- Reptiles -- 19. Reptile Protozoa -- 20. Fluid Therapy in Reptiles -- Section III: Avian Medicine -- 21. Salmonellosis in Songbirds (Order Passeriformes) -- 22. Veterinary Care of Bustards -- 23. Medical Management of Curassows -- 24. Monitoring Avian Health in the Gal̀pagos Islands: Current Knowledge -- 25. Avian Atherosclerosis -- 26. Minerals and Stork Nutritions -- 27. The Veterinary Care of Kiwi -- Section IV: Mammals -- Chiroptera -- 28. Paramyxoviruses in Bats -- Rodents -- 29. Medical Aspects of Red Squirrel Translocation -- Primates -- 30. Neuroleptics in Great Apes with Specific Reference to the Modification of Aggressive Behavior in a Male Gorilla -- 31. Occupational Exposure to Zoonotic Simian Retroviruses -- Carnivores -- 32. Neurological Disorders in Cheetahs and Snowleopards -- 33. Imbalanced Diets Compromise Semen Quality in Felids -- -- 34. Baylisascaris Neural Larval Migrans in Zoo Animals -- 35. Use of Analgesics in Exotic Felids -- 36. Mycobacterial Diseases in Carnivores -- Marine mammals -- 37. Melioidosis in Marine Mammals -- 38. Inflammation in Marine Mammals -- -- 39. Capture and Anesthesia of Otariids in the Wild -- 40. Tissue Cyst-Forming Coccidia of Marine Mammals -- 41. Algal Bloom Toxicity in Marine Animals -- Elephants -- 42. Elephant Herpesviruses -- 43. Tuberculosis in Elephants -- 44. Neonatal Elephant Mortality -- 45. Working Elephant Health Care and Management -- Artiodactylids -- 46. Camelinds are Not Ruminants -- 47. Uroliths and Gastro-Enteroliths -- 48. Congenital/Hereditary Defects in Camelidae -- 49. Hypocalcemia, Hypomagnesemia in Non-Domestic Ruminants -- 50. Diseases of Chamois -- 51. Gastro-Intestinal Nematodiasis in Hoofstock -- 52. Tuberculosis in Michigan Deer -- 53. Chronic Wasting Disease of Cervid Species -- 54. Heartwater (Ehrlichia Ruminantium) -- 55. The Nutrition of ₃Browsers₄ -- 56. Side Effects of Etorphine and Carfentanil in Non-Domestic Hoofstock -- 57. Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure in Non-Domestic Felids.
• Edition: 6 v. [i.e. 6th ed.]
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, MO : Saunders/Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 495 pages), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 636.089; Zoo animals -- Diseases; Wildlife diseases; Animals, Zoo; Animals, Wild; Veterinary Medicine; MEDICAL -- Veterinary Medicine -- Food Animal; MEDICAL -- Veterinary Medicine -- Small Animal; Wildlife diseases; Zoo animals -- Diseases; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781416064633
• Related ISBNs: 141606463X; 9781416040477; 1416040471
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references aind index.; Note: Print version record.
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