Reptile Medicine and Surgery, Second Edition

This clinical reference provides insights into solving clinical dilemmas, formulating diagnoses, developing therapeutic plans, and verifying drug dosages for both reptiles and amphibians. The book aims to provide the reader with quick access to information that is essential for emergency and clinical situations.

Table of Contents: Section 1: Introduction: 1 Building a Successful Reptile Practice; 2 Reference Sources for Reptile Clinicians; 3 Understanding the Human-Reptile Relationship; Section 2: Biology: 4 General Husbandry and Management; 5 Snakes; 6 Lizards; 7 Turtles; 8 Crocodilians; Section 3: Anatomy, Physiology and Behavior: 9 Stress in Captive Reptiles; 10 Cardiopulmonary Anatomy and Physiology; 11 Renal Anatomy and Physiology; 12 Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology; 13 Behavior; Section 4: Medicine: 14 Cardiology; 15 Dermatology; 16 Microbiology Bacterial Diseases Fungal Diseases; 17 Neurology; 18 Nutrition; 19 Oncology; 20 Ophthalmology; 21 Parasitology; 22 Perinatology; 23 Reproductive Biology; 24 Virology; Section 5: Clinical Techniques/Procedures: 25 Allometric Scaling; 26 Alternative Medicine; 27 Anesthesia; 28 Clinical Pathology; 29 Diagnostic Imaging; 30 Diagnostic Procedures and Techniques; 31 Emergency/Critical Care Fluid Therapy; 32 Endoscopy; 33 Euthanasia; 34 Necropsy; 35 Surgery; 36 Therapeutics; 37 Ultrasound; Section 6: Differential Diagnoses by Symptoms: 38 Snakes; 39 Lizards; 40 Turtles; 41 Crocodilians; Section 7: Specific Diseases and Conditions: 42 Abscesses; 43 Acariasis; 44 Anorexia; 45 Aural Abscesses; 46 Bites from Prey; 47 Cloacal Prolapses; 48 Cryptosporidiosis; 49 Calculi Urinary; 50 Diarrhea; 51 Digit Abnormalities; 52 Dysecdysis; 53 Dystocias; 54 Gout ? Articular/Visceral; 55 Hemoparasites; 56 Hepatic Lipidosis; 57 Herpesvirus in Tortoises; 58 Hyperglycemia; 59 Hypo-/Hypervitaminosis A; 60 Inclusion Body Disease Virus; 61 Metabolic Bone Diseases; 62 Neurologic Disorders; 63 Paramyxovirus; 64 Penile Prolapse; 65 Pneumonia/Upper Respiratory Disease; 66 Renal Disease Urinalysis; 67 Shell Damage; 68 Salmonellosis; 69 Spinal Osteopathy; 70 Tail Damage; 71 Thermal Burns; 72 Upper Alimentary Tract Disease (Infectious Stomatitis "Mouth Rot" and Other Oral Cavity Disease); 73 Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in Tortoises (Mycoplasma); 74 Vomiting/Regurgitation; Section 8: SPECIAL TOPICS: 75 Medical Care of Amphibians; 76 Rehabilitation of Sea Turtles; 77 Medical Care of Tuatara; 78 Large Collections: Special Considerations; 79 Reptilian Zoonoses; 80 Laws and Regulations American European; 81 Working with Venomous Species: Emergency Protocols; 82 Understanding Diagnostic Testing; 83 Reported Toxicities in Reptiles; 84 Artificial Lighting; 85 Disinfectants for the Vivarium; 86 Computed Tomographic and MRI Anatomy of Reptiles; 87 Radiographic Anatomy; Section 9: APPENDIX: 88 English-Metric Conversion; 89 US-IU Conversion; 90 Hematologic and Blood Chemistry Values in Reptiles; 91 Reptilian and Amphibian Formulary; GLOSSARY INDEX.

Second Edition. 1264 pages. Available as a Hardcover (Cloth) and as an eBook. Published by Saunders, now part of Elsevier.

Please note that there is a 3rd Edition of this book.