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  title info:
    title: Manual of exotic pet practice
  title info:
    title: Exotic pet practice
  name:
    name part: Mitchell, Mark A.
    name part: 1967-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Tully, Thomas N.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Handbook
  genre: handbooks.
  genre: manuals (instructional materials)
  genre: Handbooks and manuals
  genre: Handbooks and manuals.
  genre: Guides et manuels.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mou
    place:
      place term: St. Louis, Mo
    publisher: Saunders Elsevier
    date issued: ©2009
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 546 pages) : illustrations
  abstract: The only book of its kind with in-depth coverage of the most common exotic species presented in practice, this comprehensive guide prepares you to treat invertebrates, fish, amphibians and reptiles, birds, marsupials, North American wildlife, and small mammals such as ferrets, rabbits, and rodents. Organized by species, each chapter features vivid color images that demonstrate the unique anatomic, medical, and surgical features of each species. This essential reference also provides a comprehensive overview of biology, husbandry, preventive medicine, common disease presentations, zoonoses, and much more. Other key topics include common health and nutritional issues as well as restraint techniques, lab values, drug dosages, and special equipment needed to treat exotics. Brings cutting-edge information on all exotic species together in one convenient resource. Offers essential strategies for preparing your staff to properly handle and treat exotic patients. Features an entire chapter on equipping your practice to accommodate exotic species, including the necessary equipment for housing, diagnostics, pathology, surgery, and therapeutics. Provides life-saving information on CPR, drugs, and supportive care for exotic animals in distress. Discusses wildlife rehabilitation, with valuable information on laws and regulations, establishing licensure, orphan care, and emergency care. Includes an entire chapter devoted to the emergency management of North American wildlife. Offers expert guidance on treating exotics for practitioners who may not be experienced in exotic pet care.
  table of contents: 1. History of Exotic Pets -- 2. Preparing Your Hospital for Exotics -- 3. Invertebrates -- 4. Fish -- 5. Amphibians -- 6. Crocodilians -- 7. Snakes -- 8. Lizards -- 9. Chelonians -- 10. Birds -- 11. Marsupials -- 12. Mice and rats -- 13. Ferrets -- 14. Rabbits -- 15. Hamsters and gerbils -- 16. Hedgehogs -- 17. Guinea Pigs -- 18. Chinchillas -- 19. North American Wildlife.
  note: by Mark A. Mitchell, Thomas N. Tully Jr.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Exotic animals
    topic: Diseases
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Pet medicine
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Wildlife diseases
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Wild animals as pets
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Animals
    topic: Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Domestic animals
  subject:
    topic: Animal Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Animals, Domestic
  subject:
    topic: Veterinary Medicine
    topic: methods
  subject:
    topic: Animaux exotiques
    topic: Maladies
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: Médecine des animaux familiers
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: Animaux sauvages
    topic: Maladies
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: Animaux sauvages (Animaux familiers)
    genre: Guides, manuels, etc
  subject:
    topic: Animaux
    topic: Maladies
  subject:
    topic: Animaux domestiques
  subject:
    topic: MEDICAL
    topic: Veterinary Medicine
    topic: Food Animal
  subject:
    topic: MEDICAL
    topic: Veterinary Medicine
    topic: Small Animal
  subject:
    topic: Domestic animals
  subject:
    topic: Animals
    topic: Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Exotic animals
    topic: Diseases
  subject:
    topic: Pet medicine
  subject:
    topic: Wild animals as pets
  subject:
    topic: Wildlife diseases
  classification: SF997.5.E95 M26 2009
  classification: 636.089
  classification: SF 981 M682m 2009
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Manual of exotic pet practice
    name:
      name part: Mitchell, Mark A., 1967-
    origin info:
      publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, ©2009
    identifier: (DLC) 2007925165
    identifier: (OCoLC)173719767
  identifier: 9781416001195
  identifier: 1416001190
  identifier: 9781416069225
  identifier: 1416069224
  identifier: 98766:98769 Elsevier Science & Technology
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  record info:
    record content source: COO
    record creation date: 070320
    record change date: 20260326185230.8
    record identifier: in00005747535
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng