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.
Key Features
- Includes practical guidance on such topics as behavioral training for medical procedures and the use of infrared thermography.
- Divided into four sections – Conditions Affecting Multiple Species, Poikilotherms, Aviand Medicine, and Mammals – to help you find the information you need quickly.
- Extensive contributor list includes multinational contributors offering expert information on species from around the world.
New to This Edition
- Presents timely topics in zoo and wild animal medicine with 57 new chapters to provide the best and most current information available.
- The most up-to-date information on hot topics such as avian influenza, West Nile virus, and other pathogens threatening wildlife and human populations on a global scale.
- Cutting-edge insights on environmental and public health concerns, such as occupational exposure to zoonotic simian retroviruses and use of wildlife rehabilitation centers as monitors for ecosystem health.
- A color plate section presents vivid depictions of external clinical signs for more accurate clinical recognition.
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 Galápagos 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
About the Authors
- Murray E. Fowler, DVM, DIPL, ACZM, ACVIM, ABVT, Professor Emeritus, Zoological Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA.
- R. Eric Miller, DVM, DIPL, ACZM, Director of Animal Health and Conservation, Saint Louis Zoo, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 6 edition (September 20, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416040471
- ISBN-13: 978-1416040477
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1 inches
List Price: $169.00