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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877658803321

Autore

McArthur Stuart

Titolo

Medicine and surgery of tortoises and turtles / / Stuart McArthur, Roger Wilkinson & Jean Meyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-282-34244-4

9786612342448

0-470-69887-X

0-470-69833-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (600 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilkinsonRoger

MeyerJean

Disciplina

639.3/92

Soggetti

Turtles - Diseases

Turtles - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-559) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



around the world, this definitive book includes: Detailed sections on anatomy, physi