Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine: Current TherapyWith 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. 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, Avian 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. 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
Chapter 1 West Nile Virus in Birds and Mammals | 2 |
Chapter 2 Current Diagnostic Methods for Tuberculosis in Zoo Animals | 10 |
Chapter 3 Infrared Thermography in Zoo and Wild Animals | 20 |
Models in Camelids and Elephants | 33 |
Salinomycin Toxicity in Camelids | 50 |
Chapter 6 Emerging Diseases at the Interface of People Domestic Animals and Wildlife | 55 |
Chapter 7 Behavioral Training for Medical Procedures | 66 |
Difficult Veterinary Legislation | 68 |
Health and Safety Implications for Persons Working with Nonhuman Primates | 251 |
Chapter 32 Neurologic Disorders in Cheetahs and Snow Leopards | 265 |
Chapter 33 Nutritional Factors Affecting Semen Quality in Felids | 272 |
Chapter 34 Baylisascaris Neural Larva Migrans in Zoo Animals | 284 |
Chapter 35 Use of Analgesics in Exotic Felids | 289 |
Chapter 36 Mycobacterial Diseases in Carnivores | 294 |
Chapter 37 Melioidosis in Marine Mammals | 299 |
Chapter 38 Inflammation in Marine Mammals | 308 |
Chapter 9 Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Zoo Animals | 75 |
Chapter 10 Avian Influenza | 79 |
Chapter 11 Disease Management in ExSitu Invertebrate Conservation Programs | 88 |
Chapter 12 Use of Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers as Monitors of Ecosystem Health | 97 |
Chapter 13 Biopsy Darting | 105 |
Chapter 14 Selected Fish Diseases in Wild Populations | 112 |
Chapter 15 Spring Viremia of Carp Virus | 121 |
Chapter 16 Veterinary Participation in Puerto Rican Crested Toad Program | 126 |
Chapter 17 Amphibian Chytridiomycosis | 137 |
Chapter 18 Raising Giant Tortoises | 144 |
Chapter 19 Reptile Protozoa | 154 |
Chapter 20 Fluid Therapy in Reptiles | 160 |
Chapter 21 Salmonellosis in Songbirds Order Passeriformes | 166 |
Chapter 22 Veterinary Care of Bustards | 170 |
Chapter 23 Medical Management of Curassows | 186 |
Current Knowledge | 191 |
Chapter 25 Avian Atherosclerosis | 200 |
Chapter 26 Minerals and Stork Nutrition | 206 |
Chapter 27 Veterinary Care of Kiwi | 214 |
Chapter 28 Paramyxoviruses in Bats | 225 |
Chapter 29 Medical Aspects of Red Squirrel Translocation | 236 |
Chapter 30 Neuroleptics in Great Apes with Specific Reference to Modification of Aggressive Behavior in a Male Gorilla | 243 |
Chapter 39 Capture and Anesthesia of Otariids in the Wild | 312 |
Chapter 40 Tissue CystForming Coccidia of Marine Mammals | 319 |
Chapter 41 Algal Bloom Toxicity in Marine Animals | 341 |
Chapter 42 Elephant Herpesviruses | 349 |
Chapter 43 Tuberculosis in Elephants | 355 |
Chapter 44 Neonatal Elephant Mortality | 365 |
Chapter 45 Health Care and Management of Working Elephants in Myanmar Burma | 369 |
Chapter 46 Camelids Are Not Ruminants | 375 |
Chapter 47 Uroliths and Gastroenteroliths in Camelids | 386 |
Chapter 48 Congenital and Hereditary Conditions of Camelids | 391 |
Chapter 49 Hypocalcemia Hypomagnesemia and Rumenitis in Exotic Ruminants | 404 |
Chapter 50 Diseases of Chamois | 408 |
Chapter 51 Gastrointestinal Nematodiasis in Hoofstock | 416 |
Chapter 52 Tuberculosis in Michigan Deer | 423 |
Chapter 53 Chronic Wasting Disease of Cervid Species | 430 |
Chapter 54 Heartwater Ehrlichia ruminantium | 438 |
Chapter 55 The Nutrition of Browsers | 444 |
Chapter 56 Side Effects of Etorphine and Carfentanil in Nondomestic Hoofstock | 455 |
Chapter 57 Treatment of Chronic Renal Failure in Nondomestic Felids | 462 |
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Color Plate Section | 496 |
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