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Book SynopsisBLACKWELL'SFIVE-MINUTE VETERINARYCONSULT REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN STAY UP TO DATE ON THE BEST PRACTICES FOR TREATING COMMON DISEASES IN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS
Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Reptile and Amphibian?delivers a comprehensive exploration of the treatment of the most common diseases and disorders in reptiles and amphibians. The book is organized for quick and easy access to information, acting as an indispensable resource for veterinarians engaged in the care of chelonians, lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and amphibians.
The book offers readers guidance from leading international voices in the field of reptile and amphibian care, packaged in a perfect clinical manual. Diagnostic and treatment information is laid out in a logical, stepwise fashion.
Readers will also enjoy access to a companion website that provides users with printable history and physical exam forms, images that illustrate venipuncture and intravenous catheterizatio
Table of Contents
Contributors list
About the Companion Website
Section I: Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Reptile Medicine
1.2 Reptile Anatomy and Physiology
1.3 UVB lighting principles for captive reptiles
1.4 Anatomy and physiology of amphibians
1.5 UVB lighting principles for captive amphibians
Section II: Chelonians
2.1 Abscesses
2.2 Adenovirus
2.3 Anemia
2.4 Anorexia
2.5 Aural abscesses
2.6 Balantidium
2.7 Buphthalmos
2.8 Cardiac disease
2.9 Cloacal prolapse
2.10 Conjunctivitis
2.11 Cryptosporidiosis
2.12 Diarrhea
2.13 Dystocia
2.14 Egg yolk coelomitis
2.15 Eimeria
2.16 Entamoeba
2.17 Exophthalmia
2.18 Follicular stasis
2.19 Gout
2.20 Hepatic lipidosis
2.21 Herpesviruses
2.22 Hexamita
2.23 Hyperglycemia
2.24 Hypervitaminosis A
2.25 Hypoglycemia
2.26 Hypovitaminosis A
2.27 Hypovitaminosis B
2.28 Iridoviruses
2.29 Isospora
2.30 Leukemia
2.31 Lower respiratory tract diseases
2.32 Lymphoma
2.33 Mycobacteriosis
2.34 Mycoplasmosis
2.35 Myiasis
2.36 Nannizziopsis mycoses
2.37 Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
2.38 Nyctotherus
2.39 Other Hyalohyphomycoses
2.40 Oxyurids
2.41 Papillomavirus
2.42 Pentastomes
2.43 Phaeohyphomycoses
2.44 Phallus prolapse
2.45 Pseudogout
2.46 Regurgitation
2.47 Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism
2.48 Salmonellosis
2.49 Saprolegniasis
2.50 SCUD
2.51 Shell fractures
2.52 Squamous cell carcinoma
2.53 Stomatitis
2.54 Thermal burns
2.55 Ticks
2.56 Upper respiratory tract diseases
2.57 Urolithiasis
2.58 Vomiting
2.59 Weight loss
2.60 Yeast infections
Section III: Lizards
3.1 Abscesses
3.2 Adenovirus
3.3 Anemia
3.4 Anorexia
3.5 Balantidium
3.6 Buphthalmos
3.7 Cardiac disease
3.8 Carotid aneurysm
3.9 Chamaeleomyces infection
3.10 Cloacal prolapse
3.11 Conjunctivitis
3.12 Cryptosporidium
3.13 Diarrhea
3.14 Dysecdysis
3.15 Dystocia
3.16 Egg yolk coelomitis
3.17 Eimeria
3.18 Entamoeba
3.19 Exophthalmia
3.20 Follicular stasis
3.21 Gastric neuroendocrine carcinomas
3.22 Giardia
3.23 Gout
3.24 Hemipene prolapse
3.25 Hepatic lipidosis
3.26 Hyperglycemia
3.27 Hypervitaminosis A
3.28 Hypoglycemia
3.29 Hypovitaminosis A
3.30 Hypovitaminosis B
3.31 Iridoviruses
3.32 Isospora
3.33 Leukemia
3.34 Lower respiratory tract diseases
3.35 Lymphoma
3.36 Microsporidiosis
3.37 Mites
3.38 Mycobacteriosis
3.39 Nannizziopsis mycoses
3.40 Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
3.41 Nyctotherus
3.42 Other Hyalohyphomycoses
3.43 Oxyurids
3.44 Papillomavirus
3.45 Paranannizziopsis mycoses tuatara
3.46 Pentastomids
3.47 Phaeohyphomycoses
3.48 Pseudogout
3.49 Regurgitation
3.50 Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism
3.51 Salmonellosis
3.52 Squamous cell carcinoma
3.53 Stomatitis
3.54 Thermal burns
3.55 Ticks
3.56 Upper respiratory tract diseases
3.57 Urolithiasis
3.58 Vomiting
3.59 Weight loss
3.60 Yeast infections
Section IV: Snakes
4.1 Adenovirus
4.2 Anemia
4.3 Anorexia
4.4 Balantidium
4.5 Buphthalmos
4.6 Cardiac disease
4.7 Chlamydiosis
4.8 Cloacal prolapse
4.9 Cryptosporidium
4.10 Diarrhea
4.11 Dysecdysis
4.12 Dystocia
4.13 Egg yolk coelomitis
4.14 Eimeria
4.15 Entamoeba
4.16 Follicular stasis
4.17 Gout
4.18 Hemipene prolapse
4.19 Hepatic lipidosis
4.20 Hyperglycemia
4.21 Hypoglycemia
4.22 Inclusion body disease
4.23 Iridovirus
4.24 Isospora
4.25 Leukemia
4.26 Lower respiratory tract diseases
4.27 Lymphoma
4.28 Mites
4.29 Mycobacteriosis
4.30 Nyctotherus
4.31 Ophidiomycosis
4.32 Oxyurids
4.33 Papillomavirus
4.34 Paramyxovirus
4.35 Paranannizziopsis mycoses
4.36 Pentastomids
4.37 Phaeohyphomycoses
4.38 Regurgitation
4.39 Salmonellosis
4.40 Squamous cell carcinoma
4.41 Stomatitis
4.42 Thermal burns
4.43 Ticks
4.44 Upper respiratory tract diseases
4.45 Ureteroliths and cloacoliths
4.46 Vomiting
4.47 Weight loss
4.48 Yeast infections
Section V: Crocodilians
5.1 Aflatoxicosis
5.2 Anorexia
5.3 Chlamydiosis
5.4 Cloacal prolapse
5.5 Conjunctivits
5.6 Cryptosporidium
5.7 Dermatitis
5.8 Dermatophilosis
5.9 Dystocia
5.10 Egg yolk coelomitis
5.11 Eimeria
5.12 Follicular stasis
5.13 Hyperglycemia
5.14 Hypoglycemia
5.15 Hypoxia
5.16 Isospora
5.17 Mycoplasmosis
5.18 Nannizziopsis mycoses
5.19 Other Hyalohyphomycoses
5.20 Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
5.21 Pentastomes
5.22 Phaeohyphomycoses
5.23 Pox virus
5.24 Salmonellosis
5.25 Squamous cell carcinoma
5.26 West nile virus
Section VI: Amphibians
6.1 Abscesses
6.2 Ammonia toxicosis
6.3 Anemia
6.4 Anorexia
6.5 Buphthalmos
6.6 Cardiac disease
6.7 Chlamydiosis
6.8 Chytridiomycosis
6.9 Cryptosporidium
6.10 Dermatosepticemia
6.11 Diarrhea
6.12 Eimeria
6.13 Entamoeba
6.14 Exophthlamia
6.15 Giardia
6.16 Gout
6.17 Hexamita
6.18 Hypervitaminosis A
6.19 Hypovitaminosis A
6.20 Hypovitaminosis B
6.21 Ichthyophonus
6.22 Isospora
6.23 Lower respiratory tract diseases
6.24 Mycobacteriosis
6.25 Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
6.26 Oxyurids
6.27 Pentastomes
6.28 Prolapse
6.29 Pseudogout
6.30 Ranavirus
6.31 Regurgitation
6.32 Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism
6.33 Rhabdia
6.34 Salmonellosis
6.35 Saprolegniasis
6.36 Short tongue syndrome
6.37 Spindly leg syndrome
6.38 Squamous cell carcinoma
6.39 Stomatitis
6.40 Ticks
6.41 Upper respiratory tract diseases
6.42 Vomiting
6.43 Weight loss
6.44 Xanthomatosis
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