Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy - Volume 9 - Grand Format

100 timely topics involving the care of zoo and wild animals worldwide One invaluable reference that houses them all. Bringing together a globally diverse range of emerging topics related to zoo and wild animals, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 9, is an invaluable tool for any professional working directly with wildlife and zoo animals. User-friendly format organized by taxonomy guides readers through the biology, anatomy, special physiology, reproduction, restraint and handling, housing requirements ; nutrition and feeding ; surgery and anesthesia ; diagnostics, and therapeutics for each animal.
Synthesized topics offer the right amount of depth - often fewer than 10 pages - to maintain an accessible format. Two new co-editors and a globally diverse group of expert contributors each incorporate the latest research and clinical management of captive and free-ranging wild animals throughout the world. New section on emerging wildlife diseases covers MERS, Avian influenza, and Ebola in great apes, and much more.
Updated information from the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) keeps readers up to date on this worldwide system. Other new topics include : stem cell therapy in zoo medicine, cardiac disease in great apes, disease risk assessment in field studies, Tasmanian devil tumors, the elephant herpes virus, and more. With all its synthesized coverage of emerging trends, treatment protocols, and diagnostic updates new to the field, this is a reference you don't want to be without.