Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician

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Bonnie Ballard, Ryan Cheek
John Wiley & Sons, 2016 M08 2 - 544 páginas

Exotic Animal Medicine
for the Veterinary Technician

Third Edition

Now in its third edition, Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician is a comprehensive yet clear introduction to exotic animal practice for technicians in the classroom and clinic setting alike. With an emphasis on the exotic species most likely to present to a veterinary practice, coverage includes avian, reptiles, amphibians, small mammals, and wildlife.

For the first time in full color, this edition features updates throughout with a brand new chapter on fish medicine. Information ranging from anatomy, restraint, and common diseases to radiology, surgical assisting, and parasitology are included.

Designed to provide technicians with all the information necessary to confidently and competently treat exotic patients, Exotic Animal Medicine for the Veterinary Technician offers easy-to-follow descriptions of common procedures and techniques. A companion website offers review questions and images from the book in PowerPoint for download.

Key Features

  • Now in full color
  • Features anatomy, restraint, common diseases to radiology, surgical assisting, and parasitology
  • New chapter on fish medicine

Companion Website

This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/ballard/exotics

The website includes:

  • Supplementary interactive multiple choice questions
  • PowerPoint slides of all figures from the book for downloading
 

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Contenido

Chapter 2
Contributors
Exotic Animals in Clinical Practice
Exotic Anesthesia and Analgesia
Psittacine and Passerine Birds
Grooming beak nail and wing trims
Psittacine Behavior Husbandry
Aviary Design and Management
Biologic and reproductive data
Husbandry
Common diseases
Radiology
Anesthesia and surgery
Emergency and critical care
Clinical techniques
Hedgehogs

Sex Differentiation and Reproduction
Lizards
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Radiology
Parasitology
References
Amphibians
References
Fish
Senses
Chemical restraintanesthesia
Euthanasia
Ferrets
Radiology
2
Clinical techniques
Rabbits
Laboratory and biologic data
Husbandry
Taking a history
Handling and restraint
Mice Rats Gerbils and Hamsters
Biologic and reproductive data
Behavior
History restraint and physical examination
Clinical techniques
Euthanasia
Husbandry
Taking the history and performing the physical
Emergency and critical care
Chelonians
Degus
Urinalysis
Techniques
Euthanasia
Chapter 11
Nutrition
Vaccinations
References
Reproductive biology and husbandry
Obtaining a history and performing a physical
Prairie Dogs
Anesthesia
References and further reading
Erythrocytes
The Role of a Veterinary Technician in
Job description for a zoo veterinary technician
Anesthetic Equipment and Monitoring
The Role of the Veterinary Technician
Imprinting and taming
Raptor care
Altricial orphan songbirds
Caring for adult passerine song birds
Precocial bird basic care
General orphan mammal care
Acknowledgments
Handling and Restraint of Wildlife
Specific techniques by species
Note
Guide to Identification of Hatchling
Biological Data of Selected North
Wildlife Product Sources
Procyons
EULA

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About the Editors

Bonnie Ballard, DVM has worked in veterinary medicine since 1974, first as a veterinary assistant and then later as a veterinary technician. Dr. Ballard holds a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1997, she developed a veterinary technology program at Gwinnett Technical College in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where she acts as the program director. Dr. Ballard also practices small animal medicine as a relief veterinarian.

Ryan Cheek, RVTg, VTS (ECC) is a veterinary technologist and a full-time instructor at Gwinnett Technical College. Before this position, he was head technician of the exotic animal department and an emergency and critical technician in private practice.

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