Essentials of pet rodents : a guide for practitioners : an update to the practitioner's guide to domestic rodents /
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Lakewood, Colo. :
American Animal Hospital Association,
[1997]
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Table of Contents:
- The veterinarian and rodents
- Sources of information
- Equipment needed
- Biology and husbandry : comparative aspects
- Feeding and watering
- Housing
- Sexing
- Public health concern
- Biology and husbandry : guinea pigs
- Biology and husbandry : chinchillas
- Biology and husbandry : hamsters
- Biology and husbandry : gerbils
- Biology and husbandry : rats
- Biology and husbandry : mice
- Introduction to medicine
- Drugs and food supplements
- Reception, history, and physical examination
- Radiography
- Anesthesia
- Routes of administration
- Endotracheal intubation
- Depth of anesthesia
- Anesthetic options by species
- Analgesia
- Anesthetic overdose
- Surgery
- Instruments and supplies
- Tissue closure
- Orchidectomy
- Ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy
- Orthopedic procedures
- Cystotomy
- Cesarean section
- Diagnosis and disease
- Major problems and pathogens by species
- Disease prevention
- Guinea pigs
- Chinchillas
- Hamsters
- Gerbils
- Rats
- Mice