Veterinary Nursing of Exotic PetsFrom budgies and cockatiels to chipmunks and chinchillas, ourinterest in exotic pets has rocketed in recent years. With thehouse rabbit being the UK's third most commonly kept pet after thecat and dog, and sales in small mammals, reptiles and birdscontinuing to grow, exotic pets have now become a specialist areaof veterinary practice in their own right. Veterinary Nursing of Exotic Pets is the first book toaddress the need for a definitive reference book devoted entirelyto the principles and applications of nursing exotic species.Developed from a City and Guild's course, it not only covershusbandry, nutrition and handling, but also explores anatomy andchemical restraint, and provides an overview of diseases andtreatments. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abdominal African grey parrots air sacs amphibians anaesthesia anaesthetic artery avian patients bacteria beak bird’s birds bladder blood body bone BSAVA budgerigar cage calcium catheter cats and dogs caudal cause cell chelonians chinchilla chipmunks Chlamydophila psittaci cloaca cranial Crocodylia damage deficiency dehydration diarrhoea diet dietary disease dorsal doses eggs faeces feather female ferrets fluid therapy fractures gerbils glands green iguana guinea pigs hamster herbivores hind limbs increased infections intestine intraosseous intravenous isoflurane Ivermectin ketamine kidneys lead levels liver lizards lungs male mammals metabolic mite mouse muscle needle nutritional occur oral parasites particularly Passeriformes pigeons prey produce protein Psittaciformes rabbits raptors rats and mice renal reproductive reptiles requirements respiratory rodents skin small mammals snakes species stomach surgery surgical syringe tail temperature tion tissue tortoises trachea tract tube tumours uric acid urinary urine vein ventral virus vitamin D3 waterfowl