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Autore |
McArthur Stuart |
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Titolo |
Medicine and surgery of tortoises and turtles / / Stuart McArthur, Roger Wilkinson & Jean Meyer |
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Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-34244-4 |
9786612342448 |
0-470-69887-X |
0-470-69833-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (600 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Turtles - Diseases |
Turtles - Surgery |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-559) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles; CONTENTS; Dedications; Foreword; List of Contributors; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 INFECTIOUS AGENTS; 3 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY; 4 NUTRITION; 5 GENERAL CARE OF CHELONIANS; 6 DIAGNOSIS; 7 CLINICAL PATHOLOGY; 8 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; 9 HOSPITALISATION; 10 FEEDING TECHNIQUES AND FLUIDS; 11 INTERPRETATION OF PRESENTING SIGNS; 12 PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH TO CONDITIONS OF MARINE TURTLES; 13 PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH TO COMMON DISEASES OF TERRESTRIAL AND SEMI-AQUATIC CHELONIANS; 14 ANAESTHESIA, ANALGESIA AND EUTHANASIA; 15 SURGERY; 16 THERAPEUTICS |
17 FORMULARY18 APPENDICES |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles is an innovative and exciting new reference book on the management of chelonians. Covering everything from species identification to virus isolation techniques, it is an indispensable source of information for veterinary practitioners treating sick or injured chelonians and all those involved in captive chelonian care, chelonian conservation medicine, and scientific research. Written by leading chelonian veterinarians from |
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