Exotic Animal Medicine - E-Book: Exotic Animal Medicine - E-Book

by Lance Jepson MA, VetMB, CBiol, MIBiol, MRCVS, Scott J. Stahl DVM, DABVP-Avian (Foreword by)

Overview

Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide provides readily accessible, user-friendly information for veterinarians who do not have detailed knowledge of the majority of exotic pet species. The book gives the key points on differential diagnoses and diagnostics, along with background information on a wide variety of exotic pets. It is formatted so that, whether experienced with exotics or not, the clinician can at a glance view the likely conditions to be encountered within that species or animal group; develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly; initiate an investigational plan; and view treatment regimes. Species covered include ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, pet rats, hamsters and other small rodents; parrots, budgerigars and related species, canaries, finches, toucans; lizards, snakes, tortoises and turtles, frogs, salamanders; pond fish, tropical freshwater fish and tropical marine fish.

• Covers all the commonly encountered exotic pets in one volume
• Organization of chapters by species and clinical signs
• A standard approach to information presentation, enabling the clinician to access information even more efficiently
• Suitable for veterinarians all over the world with an introduction written by an American specialist in this field
• Readily accessible, user-friendly: written in note form

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702037283
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	06/02/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	592
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Lance Jepson is an honorary lecturer in Exotic Animal Medicine at the University of Liverpool Small Animal Hospital, where he runs a referral clinic for exotic pets as well as providing a lecture course covering ornamental fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and small mammals. Dr. Jepson developed his own exotics referral practice in South Wales (Vet4dragons) with clinics in both Neath and Haverfordwest. He lectures both nationally and internationally, contributes to veterinary texts, and provides regular health articles and advice to fish keeping magazines. Other than Exotic Animal Medicine, he has written four books, three on fish health and one on Mediterranean Tortoises

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Foreword ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Ferrets 1

Chapter 2 Rabbits 45

Chapter 3 Guinea pigs, chinchillas and degus 93

Chapter 4 Small rodents 138

Chapter 5 Parrots and related species 174

Chapter 6 Songbirds and softbills 246

Chapter 7 Lizards 268

Chapter 8 Snakes 315

Chapter 9 Tortoises and turtles 358

Chapter 10 Amphibians 412

Chapter 11 Goldfish and koi 437

Chapter 12 Tropical freshwater fish 471

Chapter 13 Tropical marine fish 503

Index 529

Editorial Reviews

"This book is just what is needed to dive into in those few minutes between clients during a busy consulting session when you haven’t got much time to think... Lance Jepson is to be congratulated on this book – to achieve this as sole author, covering so many species, is a remarkable undertaking .Even though a fairly large pocket is needed, he has achieved his aims extremely well and produced a book packed with relevant, practical information." Journal of Small Animal Practice

''It is obvious that Dr. Jepson put a great deal of effort into this collection of clinical data. While reading the book you can imagine DR. Jepson collecting and organizing clinical observations as an aid to diagnose and treat the nontraditional/ exotic animal cases that were presented to the hospital. In conclusion, this book is a great collection of a vast amount of clinical data which is often hard to obtain, but it should not be used a primary clinical resource.'' Jorg Mayer

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