Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine. Current Therapy

Description

With coverage of current issues and emerging trends, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 7 provides a comprehensive, all-new reference for the management of zoo and wildlife diseases. A Current Therapy format emphasizes the latest advances in the field, including nutrition, diagnosis, and treatment protocols. Cutting-edge coverage includes topics such as the "One Medicine" concept, laparoscopic surgery in elephants and rhinoceros, amphibian viral diseases, and advanced water quality evaluation for zoos. Editors R. Eric Miller and Murray E. Fowler promote a philosophy of animal conservation, bridging the gap between captive and free-ranging wild animal medicine with chapters contributed by more than 100 international experts.

New to this edition

• All content is new, with coverage including coverage of cutting-edge issues such as white-nose disease in bats, updates on Ebola virus in wild great apes, and chytrid fungus in amphibians.
• Full-color photographs depict external clinical signs for more accurate clinical recognition.
• Discussions of the "One Medicine" concept include chapters addressing the interface between wildlife, livestock, human, and ecosystem health.
• New sections cover Edentates, Marsupials, Carnivores, Perrissodactyla, and Camelids.
• Over 100 new tables provide a quick reference to a wide range of topics.
• An emphasis on conserving threatened and endangered species globally involves 102 expert authors representing 12 different countries.

Table of contents

SECTION 1: GENERAL

1. Disease Risk Analysis in Wildlife Health Field Studies
2. Contraception
3. Conservation Medicine for Zoo Veterinarians
4. Veterinary Challenges of Mixed Species Exhibits
5. Cowpox in Zoo Animals
6. Disaster Preparation for Captive Wildlife Veterinarians
7. Guidelines for the Management of Zoonotic Diseases
8. Integrated Pest Management
9. Noninvasive Techniques to Assess Health and Ecology of Wildlife Populations
10. Culture and Media Shifts Cast New Light on Animal Care, Pose Challenges and Opportunities for Veterinarians
11. Dangerous Animal Crisis Management
12. Sustainable Practices for Zoological Veterinary Medicine
13. Anthrax in Free-Ranging Wildlife
14. Cyanobacterial Bio-Intoxication in Free-Ranging Wildlife
15. Children's Zoo Medicine
16. AAZV Guidelines for Zoo and Aquarium Veterinary Medical Programs and Veterinary Hospitals
17. Fundamentals of Zoo Animal Surgery
18. Emerging Diseases at the Interface of People, Domestic Animals, and Wildlife
19. Depth of Anesthesia Monitoring by Bispectral Analysis in Zoo Animals
20. Approaching Health Problems at the Wildlife-Domestic Animal Interface
21. Wildlife Disease Ecology: What Can Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Learn from this Discipline?

SECTION 2: AQUATIC

22. Medical Management of Rays
23. Basic Water Quality Evaluation for Zoo Veterinarians
24. The Mechanics of Aquarium Water Conditioning
25. Advanced Water Quality Evaluation For Zoo Veterinarians
26. Quarantine of Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates in Public Display Aquaria

SECTION 3: REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN

27. Behavioral Training of Reptiles for Medical Procedures
28. The Diagnosis and Control of Amphibian Chytridiomycosis
29. Mycobacteriosis in Amphibians
30. Amphibian Viral Diseases
31. Sea Turtle Rehabilitation
32. Reptile and Amphibian Analgesia
33. Virology of Non-Avian Reptiles: An Update
34. Hellbender Medicine

SECTION 4: AVIAN

35. Avian Mycobacterial Disease
36. Feather Follicle Extirpation: Operative Techniques to Prevent Zoo Birds from Flying
37. Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Buceros Hornbills
38. The California Condor (Gymnogyps Californianus) Veterinary Program: 1997-2010
39. Avian Circovirus and Polyomavirus Diseases
40. Veterinary Care of Kakapo
41. Avian Analgesia
42. Pre-Hatch Protocols to Improve Hatchability
43. West Nile Virus in Raptors
44. Diagnosis of Aspergillosis in Avian Species
45. Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus: Epidemiology in Wild Birds, Zoo Outbreaks and Zoo Vaccination Policy
46. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Raptors
47. Haemosporidian Parasites: Impacts on Avian Hosts

SECTION 5: MAMMALS

48. Rabies Management in Wild Carnivores

SECTION 6: EDENTATES

49. Feeding and Nutrition of Anteaters

SECTION 7: MARSUPIALS

50. Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease
51. Viral Chorioretinitis of Kangaroos

SECTION 8: PRIMATES

52. Degenerative Skeletal Diseases of Primates
53. Cardiovascular Disease in Great Apes
54. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
55. Use of Computertomography to Diagnose Sinusitis and Air Sacculitis in Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus, Pongo Abelii)

SECTION 9: CHIROPTERA

56. White-Nose Syndrome in Cave Bats of North America

SECTION 10: CARNIVORES

57. Updated Vaccination Recommendations for Carnivores
58. Medical Management of Maned Wolves (Chrysocyon Brachyurus)
59. Primer on Tick-Borne Diseases in Exotic Carnivores
60. Ageing In Large Felids
61. Star-Gazing in Lions
62. Pyometra in Large Felids

SECTION 11: MARINE MAMMALS

63. Longitudinal Monitoring of Immune System Parameters and Associated Applications to Health Management of Captive and Free-Ranging Cetaceans

64. Ocular Disease and Suspected Etiologies in Captive Pinnipeds

SECTION 12: ELEPHANTS

65. Elephant Herpesviruses
66. Female Elephant Reproduction
67. Digital Radiography of the Elephant Foot
68. Laparoscopic Surgery in Elephants and Rhinoceros
69. Elephant Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
70. Treatment of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV)

SECTION 13: PERRISSODACTYLA

71. Rhinoceros Theriogenology
72. Asian Wild Horse Reintroduction Program

SECTION 14: ARTIODACTYLIDS

73. Management of Crytosporidiosis in a Hoofstock Contact Area
74. Bluetongue Lessons from the European Outbreak 2006-2009
75. Alternatives for Gastrointestinal Parasite Control in Exotic Ruminants
76. Thiafentanil Oxalate (A3080) in Non-Domestic Ungulate Species
77. The Use of Butorphanol in Anesthesia Protocols for Zoo and Wild Mammals
78. Importation of Non-Domestic Ruminant Semen for Management of Zoological Populations Using Artificial Insemination
79. Advances in Giraffe Nutrition
80. Hoof Disorders in Non-Domestic Artiodactyls
81. Johne's Disease and Free-Ranging Wildlife
82. Practical Aspects of Ruminant Intensive Care

SECTION 15: CAMELIDS

83. Mycoplasma Haemolamae in New World Camelids