Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery

John Chitty 지음

Wiley-Blackwell 2013년 07월 11일 출간

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Reach for this book whenever a sick or injured tortoise comes into the surgery. Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery is designed as a concise and practical quick reference for the busy practitioner seeing chelonians as part of their caseload. Covering everything from species identification to common basic surgery for tortoises and freshwater turtles, the emphasis is on the more common and likely diagnoses.The first section of the book gives an overview of the basics of tortoise and semi-aquatic/ aquatic freshwater turtle husbandry and keeping, as well as a guide to general investigation and diagnostic techniques open to clinicians. The second section provides a clinical guide based on clinical signs and differential diagnoses.Based upon the experience of authors who have been practicing with these species for several decades, this book is a useful guide to veterinarians, students, veterinary nurses and technicians new to working with these fascinating creatures. It will also serve as a useful aide memoire to more experienced clinicians.

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PrefacePart I Introduction1 Biology2 Husbandry3 Practice Needs4 Examination5 Basic Techniques6 General Anaesthesia7 Imaging8 Surgery9 Clinical PathologyPart II Presentations10 Anorexia11 Diarrhoea12 Dyspnoea13 Otitis Media/Aural Abscess14 Egg Retention/Dystocia15 Fallen in Pond16 Follicular Stasis17 Orthopaedics18 Fractures of the Shell19 Hepatic Lipidosis20 Lameness21 Lethargy22 Soft Tissue Masses23 Nasal Discharge24 Ocular and Conjunctival/Palpebral Swelling25 Ocular Opacities and Blindness26 Generalised Oedema or Anasarca27 Inflammation of the Oral (Stomatitis) and Pharyngeal Areas28 External Parasites29 Internal Parasites30 Peeling Skin or Shell31 Prolapse32 Shell Disease33 Skin Ulceration34 Soft Tissue Trauma35 Swimming Problems36 Swollen Limbs37 Uroliths38 Vomiting and Regurgitation39 Metabolic Bone Diseases40 Shell DeformitiesAppendix 1 FormularyAppendix 2 Haematological NormalsAppendix 3 ToxicosesIndex

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John Chitty BVetMed, CertZooMed, CBiol, MSB, MRCVSJohn is a director of a small animal and exotics practice in Andover, UK with a 100% avian and exotics caseload. He works with several zoological collections and has lectured and published widely on a variety of avian and exotic species as well as co-editing two avian texts. Aidan Raftery MVB, CertZooMed, CBiol, MSB, MRCVSAidan is currently the clinical director of the Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic in Manchester, UK. He is a visiting lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College, UK, and has produced many chapters for textbooks on exotic animal medicine and surgery. He is also a regular presenter at conferences and at continuing education events for veterinary surgeons.