Snake diseases : preventing and recognizing illness /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt am Main :
Edition Chimaira,
2008.
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| Series: | Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde ;
Bd. 42. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- What are snakes
- References
- Snakes in human care
- Fundamental thoughts on keeping snakes
- Terrarium setups - how do I keep which snakes
- Setups and sanitary conditions
- Requirements for enclosures (size, shape)
- Light and temperature (lighting, heat, and hibernation)
- Water, humidity, and ventilation
- Substrate
- Furnishings
- Cleaning and disinfecting
- Purchasing snakes
- Quarantine, a necessary precaution
- Handling snakes
- Transporting snakes
- References
- Healthy or sick - recognizing and responding to diseases
- What does it mean to be sick - notes on the causes and prevention of illness in snakes
- Defensive behaviors
- Resistance and immunity
- Health checkups
- First aid
- Working with sick snakes - what can owners do
- What ot consider on the way to the veterinarian
- Treatment options at the veterinarian's office
- Lab work, obtaining and mailing samples
- Health risks from snakes (zoonosis)
- Tagging animals
- When all is lost - thoughts on euthanasia
- References
- Special section on diseases
- Illness caused by inappropriate husbandry
- injuries
- Improper diet, malnutrition, foreign bodies
- Poisoning, medication abuse
- References
- Infections
- Viral infections
- Bacterial infections
- Fungal infections (Mycoses)
- Parasite infections
- Single-celled organisms (Protozoans)
- Parasitic worms (Helminths)
- Spiny-headed worms (Acanthocephala)
- Pentastomids ("tongue worms")
- Arachnids (Acari): mites and ticks
- Insects (Myiasis)
- References
- Diseases of specific organ systems
- Skin (epidermis)
- Skeletal and muscular system
- Heart circulatory system, blood, lymphatic system
- Respiratory system
- Digestive system
- Urinary system and reproductive organs, reproductive problems
- Urinary system
- Reproductive organs and reproductive disorders
- Sensory system and nervous system
- Eyes
- Sense of smell
- Sense of touch and hearing
- Heat sensing organs
- Nervous system
- Tumors and malformations
- References.