Medical Management of Wildlife Species: A Guide for Practitioners
Edited by Sonia M. Hernandez, Roberto F. Aguilar, Heather W. Barron, Michael J. Yabsley, Erica A. Miller
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1st ed., 2020
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1119036585
ISBN-13: 978-1119036586
482 pages
This book offers an all-encompassing resource for reliable information on the medical management of wild birds, mammals, amphibians, and turtles. Focusing on the medical information relevant to the wildlife setting, it covers triage, emergency care, and other key considerations in handling, diagnosing, and treating wild animals. The book's population-based approach encourages practitioners to understand individual animal care within the broader context.
Medical Management of Wildlife Species: A Guide for Practitioners begins with a brief summary of natural history, and introductory chapters address general topics such as pre-release conditioning, post-release monitoring, and legal issues associated with handling wildlife species. Species-specific chapters provide practical information on medical management, including the most prevalent concerns for each species and the epidemiology of infectious diseases.
· Provides a complete reference to handling, diagnosing, and treating wild species
· Covers the full range of North American wildlife
· Includes concepts that can be applied to species globally
· Emphasizes information relevant to the wildlife setting
· Focuses on individual medicine, firmly grounded within population medicine for a broader approach
· Targeted at wildlife veterinarians, veterinary clinicians that will be presented with wildlife, veterinary technicians, and wildlife rehabilitators
Medical Management of Wildlife Species is a must-have addition to the bookshelf of wildlife veterinarians and any veterinarian seeing occasional wild animals, as well as wildlife biologists and researchers.
· 16 Natural History and Medical Management of Passerines, Galliformes, and Allies 197
· 17 Natural History and Medical Management of Raptors 215
· 18 Natural History and Medical Management of Waterfowl 229
· 19 Medical and Surgical Management of Seabirds and Allies 247