Description
With coverage of current issues and emerging trends, Fowler’s Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 7 provides a comprehensive, all-new reference for the management of zoo and wildlife diseases. A Current Therapy format emphasizes the latest advances in the field, including nutrition, diagnosis, and treatment protocols. Cutting-edge coverage includes topics such as the “One Medicine” concept, laparoscopic surgery in elephants and rhinoceros, amphibian viral diseases, and advanced water quality evaluation for zoos. Editors R. Eric Miller and Murray E. Fowler promote a philosophy of animal conservation, bridging the gap between captive and free-ranging wild animal medicine with chapters contributed by more than 100 international experts. Key features include: – Current Therapy format focuses on emerging trends, treatment protocols, and diagnostic updates new to the field, providing timely information on the latest advances in zoo and wild animal medicine; – coverage of species ranges from giraffes, elephants, lions, and orangutans to sea turtles, hellbenders, bats, kakapos, and more; – emphasis on conserving threatened and endangered species globally involves 102 expert authors representing 12 different countries. 687 p.
Series: Current Therapy, Volume 7
- R. Eric Miller. DVM, DACZM, Senior Vice President for Zoological Operations, Director of Zoo, Adjunct Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. Wild Care Institute, Saint Louis Zoo, MO (USA). And College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (USA).
- Murray Fowler. DVM, DACZM, DACVIM, DABVT, Professor Emeritus, Zoological Medicine. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, CA (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2011-07 – Saunders (imprint of Elsevier); Copyright © 2012 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
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