Bsava Manual of Rabbit Medicine

Description

Rabbits make up a considerable and growing proportion of the caseload in small animal practice, and both interest and knowledge in rabbit medicine and surgery has grown rapidly. In recognition of this, the BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine and Surgery has been superseded by two separate volumes - the BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Surgery, Dentistry and Imaging and the BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine.

There is an increased understanding of the pathology of common diseases and greater awareness both of new conditions affecting this species and of their response to both disease and treatment regimes. This new BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine features new chapters such as ‘The rabbit-friendly practice’, ‘Neoplasia’, and ‘Endocrine disease’. Other chapters have been updated and expanded, and the introduction of new authors has brought fresh insights and opinions to several topics. The authors provide a greater depth and breadth of coverage for practitioners seeking definitive and authoritative information to improve and refine the quality of veterinary care that they can provide for rabbits.

These two manuals now provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of rabbit veterinary care currently available, in an easy-to-use, well illustrated format following the tried and tested BSAVA Manual template.

Table of contents

List of contributors
Foreword
Preface

1 Biology, anatomy and physiology
Anna Meredith

2 Husbandry
Richard Saunders

3 Nutrition and feeding
Jenny Prebble

4 Reproduction
Sarah Elliott and Brigitte Lord

5 Normal behaviour and behaviour problems
E. Anne McBride

6 The rabbit-friendly practice
Molly Varga

7 Physical examination and clinical techniques
Jenna Richardson and Emma Keeble

8 General nursing care and hospital management
Wendy Bament and Gidona Goodman

9 Clinical pathology
Petra Wesche

10 Analgesia, sedation and anaesthesia
Kevin Eatwell

11 Respiratory disease
Joanna Hedley

12 Digestive system disease
Frances Harcourt-Brown

13 Urogenital system and reproductive disease
Elisabetta Mancinelli and Brigitte Lord

14 Cardiovascular disease
Connie Orcutt

15 Nervous system and musculoskeletal disorders
Emma Keeble

16 Ophthalmology
Tim Knott

17 Dermatoses
Anna Meredith

18 Neoplasia
Molly Varga

19 Endocrine disease
Angela M. Lennox and Kellie A. Fecteau

20 Problems of the geriatric rabbit
John Chitty

21 Therapeutics
Richard Saunders

22 Approach to common conditions
Anna Meredith and Brigitte Lord

Appendices

1 Common diseases of rabbits
Anna Meredith and Brigitte Lord

2 Differential diagnoses based on clinical signs
Anna Meredith and Brigitte Lord

3 Dorsal immobility response
Sally Everitt

Index