Proceedings, Association of Reptilian & Amphibian Veterinarians : Sixteenth Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, August 8-15, 2009 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians. Conference
Other Authors: Griffin, Chris, Baer, Charlotte Kirk
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: S.I. : The Association, [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Master classes - Master class : how to do research and publish case reports for the practitioner
  • Master class : so a frog hops into your office : a systematic approach to examine frogs and other amphibians
  • Master class : chelonian hematology : science or myth?
  • Master class : diseases of amphibians
  • Master class : sea turtles
  • Introduction to marine turtles
  • Medical care of sea turtles
  • Interpretation of plasma biochemical, hematologic, acid-base, and blood gas data of sea turtles
  • Cutting edge topics - Chytridiomycosis in amphibians : new insights in the pathogenesis of the disease and disease treatment
  • Larval migrans in tortoises : eight cases
  • Methods for altering reproductive status in green iguanas (Iguana iguana)
  • Investigation of shell disease in map turtles (Graptemys spp.)
  • ARAV case reports - Management of lymphoma in a green iguana
  • Efficacy of rifaximine and nitazoxnide against Cryptosporidia in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)
  • Treatment of infections with Nannziziopsis vriesii, an emergent reptilian dermatophyte
  • Concurrent Ranavirus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians
  • Malignant chromatophoroma in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
  • ARAV infectious diseases I - Salmonella infections in reptiles : a highly complex evolutionary story
  • Evaluating the efficacy of silver dihydrogen citrate against Salmonella sp. in the aquatic habitat of the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
  • Evaluating the efficacy of four different antimicrobials against Salmonella in red-eared slider turtles
  • Working toward molecular diagnostic test for inclusion body disease
  • Reovirus-associated syncytial cell enteropathy and hepatopathy in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)
  • ARAV/ABVP/AAZV dermatology - Review : reptilian dermatology
  • Review : reptilian clinical dermatology
  • Review : pathology of the reptile integument
  • ARAV review of geckos and agamids - The crested gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus) : husbandry and medical care
  • A retrospective study of diseases in geckos
  • A retrospective review of the diseases in family agamidae (agamas, bearded dragons, frilled dragon, water dragons)
  • ARAV surgical potpourri I - Cholelithiasis and surgical cholelith removal in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
  • Eggs in chelonian urinary bladder : is coeliotomy necessary?
  • Chelonian shell repair
  • ARAV research - Protein electrophoresis in iguanas
  • Plasma bile acids in reptiles
  • Chemical composition of reptilian eggs
  • Detection of iridoviruses in spiny-tailed lizards (Uromastyx spp.) with cheilitis
  • Sequence comparison of six different genes from iridoviruses of different origins
  • Modern imaging techniques for the demostration of lung diseases in snakes
  • Screening for infectious diseases in healthy boid snakes with special reference to paramyxovirus and inclusion body disease
  • Selected microbiologic studies of clinically diseased reptiles
  • ARAV research and case reports - Evaluating the health status of Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in northern Illinois
  • Coelioscopy as an antemortem method for confirming themperature dependent sex determination in Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)
  • Effects of ultraviolet radiation on 25-hydroxyvitamin D₃ synthesis in juvenile Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)
  • Homologous blood transfusion in an African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)
  • Hindlimb paresis and spinal stenosis in a matamata turtle (Chelus fimbriatus)
  • Lipid keratopathy in Chinese water dragon
  • Granulosa-thecal cell tumor in an Asian water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus)
  • ARAV infectious disease II - Pneumocoelom in an African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)
  • Ranavirus outbreak in a group of Rana esculenta in Switzerland
  • Chlamydophila psittaci in a commercial colony of veiled chameleons
  • Long-term treatment of Nannizziopsis vriesii (CANV) in Pogona vitticeps
  • Intraconazole treated CANV (Chrysosporium anamorph of Nannizziopsis vriesii) dermatitis in green anacondas (Eunectes murinus murinus)
  • Hematochezia in an African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)
  • ARAV potpourri II - Devriesea agamarum casues dermatitis in lizards : the agent, its virulence and disease treatment
  • Collection and characterization of semen from green iguanas
  • Collection and characterization of semen from leopard tortoises
  • Vascular access points for fluid therapy in the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
  • Evaluation of electrocardiography in adult desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)
  • Post-mortem detection of Sulawesi tortoise adenovirus-1 in two impressed tortoises (Manouria impressa) and a Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota)
  • Posters - Nutrient composition of common invertebrate feeders fed different supplemental diets
  • Humeral head ostectomy in a South American yellow-footed tortoise (Geochelone denticulata)
  • Disseminated spindle cell sarcoma in a Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)