Proceedings of the sixth annual conference of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians : October 5-9, 1999 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. Conference, Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians
Other Authors: Willette, Michelle M., Divers, Stephen J., Boyer, Lilia C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : The Association, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Iron storage in reptiles
  • Studies with retroviruses isolated from boa constrictors with inclusion body disease
  • The effect of environmental temperature on feeding response of baby corn snakes
  • Management of large collections of reptiles for infectious diseases
  • The use of outdoor snake enclosures for maintenance and breeding of difficult snakes, rehabilitation of snakes for release, and the medical problems of snakes kept in this manner
  • New approaches for diagnosis of Entamoeba infections in captive reptiles
  • An outbreak of fungal dermatitis and stomatitis in a wild population of pigmy rattlesnakes
  • Establishing the time of death in reptiles and amphibians
  • Two cases of firefly toxicosis in bearded dragons
  • Functional pancreatic glucagonoma in rhinoceros iguana charcterized by immunohistochemistry
  • Husbandry and reproduction of the panther chameleon
  • Atypical non-alimentary cryptosporidiosis in three lizards
  • Hypertrophic osteopathy associated with renal gout in a green iguana
  • Ovarian teratoma in green iguana
  • Unique biology of old world chameleons
  • Testicular and ovarian tumors in a hermaphroditic savannah monitor lizard
  • Development of an ELISA and an immunoperoxidase based test for herpesvirus exposure detection in tortoises
  • Isolation and identification of herpesvirus and papillomavirus from tortoises in Great Britain
  • Evidence for a new herpesvirus serotype associated with stomatitis in Afghan tortoises
  • Cystic calculi in the California desert tortoise evaluation of 100 cases
  • Protocol for assessment of wild sea turtles at the Marathon Sea Turtle Hospital
  • Intranuclear coccidiosis of tortoises
  • Temperature dependent sex determination in chelonians and studies with neonate captive hatched and reared Hood Island Galapagos tortoises
  • Gross necropsy and histopathological findings in recently imported impressed tortoises
  • Bilateral blepharitis externa in an African snake-necked turtle complicated by diatom infestation
  • Spontaneous autoimmune pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus in a western pond turtle
  • Characterization of soluble shell scute proteins of California desert tortoises
  • Intraspecific allometry of standard metabolic rate in the green iguana
  • Detection of salmonellae in the green iguana using the polymerase chain reaction technique
  • A comparative assessment of therapeutic efficacy of hyperimmune bovine colostrum treatment against infections in leopard geckos and savannah monitors
  • Clinical laboratory evaluation of dystocia in lizards
  • Changing trends in diseases of the green iguana
  • Practice management : ensuring client satisfaction
  • Intravenous urography and cystography in tortoises
  • Effects of cisapride, metoclopramide, and erythromycin on the prokinetic passage of ingested markers in the desert tortoise
  • Antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate beads as a treatment for osteomyelitis in reptiles
  • Comparison of leukocyte counts using two different methods
  • Natural history, captive husbandry and medicine, and field laparoscopy for sex determination in the hellbender
  • Using nuclear scintigraphy to quantify kidney function in green iguanas
  • Surgical and medical management of gastrointestinal obstruction in an Sldabra tortoise
  • Fungal periodontal osteomyelitis in a chameleon
  • The effect of FIO2 on post anesthetic recovery times in the green iguana
  • Evaluation of the effects of three neuromuscular blocking agents on pupil size in the red-ear slider
  • Surgical anatomy of the serpentine (Colubridae and Boidae) kidney with particular regard to surgical nephrectomy