Reptile clinician's handbook : a compact clinical and surgical reference /
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| Language: | English |
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Malabar, Fla. :
Krieger Pub. Co.,
1995.
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Table of Contents:
- General considerations
- Brief description of reptiles
- Environmental considerations related to captivity
- Nutrition
- Provision of an adequate water supply
- Selection of food
- Apprehension of prey and gathering of fodder
- Initial processing
- Assimilation
- Elimination
- Miscellaneous factors and their effects on nutrition
- Clinical laboratory sample collection and processing
- Skin
- Blood
- Bone marrow
- Staining
- Urine
- Feces
- Gastric lavage specimens
- Sputum
- Semen
- Microbiological sampling
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Tissues
- Stomach, intestinal contents and water for toxicology
- Tracheal and transtracheal specimens
- Specimens for parasitological identification
- Additional tips
- Clinical methods
- Obtaining an adequate history
- Physical restraint and transport
- Use of induced vago-vagal response for short-term restraint
- Chemical restraint/anesthesia
- Preanesthetic parasympatholytic medication
- Tranquilizers
- Local, line and block anesthesia
- Euthanasia
- Physical examination
- Fluid replacement and maintenance therapy
- Blood transfusion
- Obtaining diagnostic material from the respiratory tract
- Obtaining diagnostic material from the caudal alimentary tract
- Some practical surgical and non-surgical procedures
- Anesthesia
- Fractures
- Gastrotomy and enterotomy
- Prolapses
- Salpingotomy/caesarian delivery
- Orbital enucleation
- Incision and repair of the chelonian shell
- Application of epoxy resin-impregnated fiberglass patches
- Amputations
- Cryosurgery
- Radiofrequency electrosurgery
- Repair of maxillofacial and mandibular fractures
- Overgrown mouthparts and claws
- Sutureless treatment of skin lacerations and abrasions
- Nonsurgical retrieval of gastric foreign bodies
- Dystocia
- Special bandaging techniques
- Treatment methods
- Egg incubation methods
- Reptile information forms
- Lists of nontoxic and toxic plants
- Species list cross-referenced by common name
- Species list cross-referenced by scientific name