Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery

Description:

Learn to treat a wide variety of small mammals and pocket pets with Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th Edition. Covering the conditions most often seen in veterinary practice, this highly readable and easy-to-navigate text covers preventative medicine along with disease management, ophthalmology, dentistry, and zoonosis. More than 700 full-color photographs and illustrations highlight radiographic interpretation as well as diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques. This fourth edition also features new coverage of degus (large rodent species); new coverage of prairie dogs; and expanded coverage of surgical procedures, physical therapy rehabilitation and alternative medicine for rabbits, neoplasia in rabbits, and zoonotic disease. With expert contributors from around the globe, Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents is the authoritative, single point of reference for small mammal care that is hard to find elsewhere.

Features:

• Logical organization lays out sections by different animals and organizes parts within chapters by body system — making it quick and easy to access important information.
• Drug formulary provides dosage instructions for a wealth of species including ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, rats/mice, prairie dogs, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders.
• More than 700 photographs and illustrations highlight key concepts such as radiographic interpretation and the main points of diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques.
• Chapter on ophthalmology provides an area of study that is difficult to find for ferrets, rabbits, rodents, and other small mammals.
• Chapter outlines offer an at-a-glance overview of the chapter contents at the beginning of the chapter.
• Access to Expert Consult site provides an excellent comprehensive reference and a fully searchable digital.

New To This Edition:

• NEW! Coverage of surgical procedures has been further expanded in this edition. Surgical procedures are presented in a separate section and shown step by step through color photographs and radiographs, accompanied by line drawings.
• NEW! Additional information on physical therapy rehabilitation and alternative medicine for rabbits includes chiropractic care and acupuncture.
• NEW! Expanded content on neoplasia in rabbits incorporates lymphoreticular disorders, thymoma, and other neoplastic diseases of rabbits.
• NEW! All new chapter on prairie dogs has been added.
• NEW! All new chapter on degus (large rodent species) has been added.
• UPDATED! Chapter on zoonotic disease has been updated to further cover specific zoonotic diseases in addition to addressing the increased potential for disease transmission from animals to humans.
• NEW! Global author perspective incorporates the expertise of authors practicing outside of North America.
• UPDATED! Photographs show the diseases and disorders that are more commonly seen in practice.

Table Of Contents:

Section 1: FERRETS

1. Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Ferrets

2. Basic Approach to Veterinary Care of Ferrets and Clinical Techniques

3. Gastrointestinal Diseases of Ferrets

4. Disorders of the Urinary and Reproductive System in Ferrets

5. Cardiovascular and Other Diseases of Ferrets

6. Respiratory Diseases of Ferrets

7. Endocrine Diseases of Ferrets

8. Neoplasia in Ferrets

9. Dermatologic Diseases of Ferrets

10. Musculoskeletal and Neurologic Diseases of Ferrets
Section 2: RABBITS

11. Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Rabbits

12. Basic Approach to Veterinary Care of Rabbits

13. Gastrointestinal Physiology and Nutrition of Rabbits

14. Gastrointestinal Diseases of Rabbits

15. Respiratory Diseases and Pasteurellosis in Rabbits

16. Disorders of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems in Rabbits

17. Dermatologic Diseases of Rabbits

18. Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Disorders of Rabbits

19. Cardiovascular Disease in Rabbits

20. Lymphoreticular Disorders, Thymoma, and other Neoplastic Diseases of Rabbits
Section 3: RODENTS

21.   Guinea Pigs

22. Chinchillas

23. Degus

24. Prairie Dogs

25. Rats and Mice

26. Hamsters and Gerbils
Section 4: OTHER SMALL MAMMALS

27. Sugar Gliders

28. African Pygmy Hedgehogs

29. Skunks
Section 5: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND DENTISTRY

30. General Principles of Surgical Techniques

31. Soft Tissue Surgery: Ferrets

32. Soft Tissue Surgery: Rabbits

33. Soft Tissue Surgery: Rodents

34. Orthopedics in Small Mammals

35. Exotic Mammal Diagnostic and Surgical Endoscopy

36. Small Mammal Dentistry
Section 6: GENERAL TOPICS

37. Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Sedation of Small Mammals

38. Diagnostic Imaging

39. Hematology and Biochemistry of Small Mammals

40. Ophthalmic Diseases of Small Mammals

41. Emergency and Critical Care of Small Mammals

42. Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Small Mammals
Appendix: Formulary