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Exotic pets are more popular than ever before, so make sure you are ready to care for everything from rats to songbirds with Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd Edition. Expanded with three all new chapters and updated content, this new edition provides the key points on differential diagnoses and diagnostics, along with background information on a wide variety of exotic pets, to veterinary practitioners who may or may not have experience treating them. Its practical quick-reference outline format makes it easy for you to see the conditions likely to be encountered within a species; develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly; initiate an investigational plan; and view treatment regimens.

  • Covers the most commonly encountered exotic species in one text, making it a succinct and practical clinician’s guide to diagnosing and treating a wide variety of exotic pets.
  • Expert advice on diagnostic approaches, clinical techniques, anesthetic protocols, and treatment regimens offers an invaluable source of useful clinically applicable material.
  • Organization of chapters by species and clinical signs enables you to access information easily and efficiently.
  • User-friendly outline format allows the guide to act as a quick reference in the clinical setting.
  • NEW! All new chapters on marmosets and tamarins, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders provide up-to-date coverage of exotic species you may encounter in the clinic.
  • NEW! Thoroughly updated and expanded coverage of exotic species and the problems that may plague them helps you develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly and seek appropriate care for exotic animals, such as: 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.

1. Introduction to the Second Edition - p. vi 2. Chapter 1 Ferrets - p. 1 3. Chapter 2 Rabbits - p. 42 4. Chapter 3 Guinea pigs, chinchillas, and degus - p. 88 5. Chapter 4 Small rodents - p. 129 6. Chapter 5 Common or cotton-eared marmosets - p. 162 7. Chapter 6 Hedgehogs - p. 198 8. Chapter 7 Sugar gliders - p. 231 9. Chapter 8 Parrots and related species - p. 258 10. Consultation and handling - p. 258 11. Nursing care - p. 260 12. Skin disorders - p. 265 13. The self-mutilating parrot - p. 275 14. Upper respiratory tract disorders - p. 280 15. Lower respiratory tract disorders - p. 282 16. Gastrointestinal tract disorders - p. 286 17. Nutritional disorders - p. 298 18. Hepatic disorders - p. 302 19. Splenic disorders - p. 303 20. Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders - p. 303 21. Musculoskeletal disorders - p. 307 22. Systemic disorders - p. 310 23. Neurologic disorders - p. 311 24. Ophthalmic disorders - p. 314 25. Endocrine disorders - p. 316 26. Reproductive disorders - p. 319 27. Growth and weaning - p. 321 28. Chapter 9 Songbirds and softbills - p. 322 29. Chapter 10 Lizards - p. 343 30. Chapter 11 Snakes - p. 386 31. Chapter 12 Tortoises and turtles - p. 425 32. Chapter 13 Amphibians - p. 475 33. Chapter 14 Goldfish and koi - p. 499 34. Chapter 15 Tropical freshwater fish - p. 530 35. Chapter 16 Tropical marine fish - p. 559 36. Bibliography - p. 582 37. Index - p. 596

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Exotic pets are more popular than ever before, so make sure you are ready to care for everything from rats to songbirds with Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd Edition. Expanded with three all new chapters and updated content, this new edition provides the key points on differential diagnoses and diagnostics, along with background information on a wide variety of exotic pets, to veterinary practitioners who may or may not have experience treating them. Its practical quick-reference outline format makes it easy for you to see the conditions likely to be encountered within a species; develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly; initiate an investigational plan; and view treatment regimens.

  • Covers the most commonly encountered exotic species in one text, making it a succinct and practical clinician’s guide to diagnosing and treating a wide variety of exotic pets.
  • Expert advice on diagnostic approaches, clinical techniques, anesthetic protocols, and treatment regimens offers an invaluable source of useful clinically applicable material.
  • Organization of chapters by species and clinical signs enables you to access information easily and efficiently.
  • User-friendly outline format allows the guide to act as a quick reference in the clinical setting.
  • NEW! All new chapters on marmosets and tamarins, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders provide up-to-date coverage of exotic species you may encounter in the clinic.
  • NEW! Thoroughly updated and expanded coverage of exotic species and the problems that may plague them helps you develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly and seek appropriate care for exotic animals, such as: 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.

1. Introduction to the Second Edition - p. vi 2. Chapter 1 Ferrets - p. 1 3. Chapter 2 Rabbits - p. 42 4. Chapter 3 Guinea pigs, chinchillas, and degus - p. 88 5. Chapter 4 Small rodents - p. 129 6. Chapter 5 Common or cotton-eared marmosets - p. 162 7. Chapter 6 Hedgehogs - p. 198 8. Chapter 7 Sugar gliders - p. 231 9. Chapter 8 Parrots and related species - p. 258 10. Consultation and handling - p. 258 11. Nursing care - p. 260 12. Skin disorders - p. 265 13. The self-mutilating parrot - p. 275 14. Upper respiratory tract disorders - p. 280 15. Lower respiratory tract disorders - p. 282 16. Gastrointestinal tract disorders - p. 286 17. Nutritional disorders - p. 298 18. Hepatic disorders - p. 302 19. Splenic disorders - p. 303 20. Cardiovascular and hematologic disorders - p. 303 21. Musculoskeletal disorders - p. 307 22. Systemic disorders - p. 310 23. Neurologic disorders - p. 311 24. Ophthalmic disorders - p. 314 25. Endocrine disorders - p. 316 26. Reproductive disorders - p. 319 27. Growth and weaning - p. 321 28. Chapter 9 Songbirds and softbills - p. 322 29. Chapter 10 Lizards - p. 343 30. Chapter 11 Snakes - p. 386 31. Chapter 12 Tortoises and turtles - p. 425 32. Chapter 13 Amphibians - p. 475 33. Chapter 14 Goldfish and koi - p. 499 34. Chapter 15 Tropical freshwater fish - p. 530 35. Chapter 16 Tropical marine fish - p. 559 36. Bibliography - p. 582 37. Index - p. 596

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