Zoo and wild animal medicine
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Zoo and wild animal medicine
（Current therapy, 6）
Saunders Elsevier, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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With expert contributors from around the world sharing their knowledge on 57 new cutting-edge areas of interest, "Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 6" continues to provide outstanding coverage of today's most relevant topics. This book is an essential resource in zoo and wild animal medicine, addressing the special challenges posed by individual and herd medical management, newly emerging diseases in diverse wild animal populations, the effect of habitat loss and destruction on wildlife species, and the utilization of zoo animals in the surveillance and detection of potential zoonoses. The user-friendly current therapy approach continues to serve a vital function in the field by fostering a conservation biology ethic, bridging the gap between captive and free-ranging wild animal medicine, from a diverse group of experts.
Table of 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 "Balai" 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 Galapagos 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 "Browsers" 56. Side Effects of Etorphine and Carfentanil in Non-Domestic Hoofstock 57. Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure in Non-Domestic Felids
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