Exotics and wildlife : a manual of veterinary nursing care / edited by Caroline Gosden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gosden, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterinary nursing.

Exotic animals--Diseases--Nursing.

Exotic animals.

Exotic animals--Diseases.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; New York : Butterworth Heinemann, 2004.

Summary:

Exotics and Wildlife: a manual of veterinary nursing care provides a hands-on approach to nursing exotic pets and wildlife common to the UK. The increasing popularity of exotic pets sees a wide variety of species pass through practices on a daily basis of which the care and management is the responsibility of the veterinary nurse. This change in pet ownership has been recognised and reflected in the updated curriculum of the veterinary nurse. Exotics and Wildlife: a manual of veterinary nursing care links with the current S/NVQ syllabus, informing, preparing and teaching the veterinary nurse to deal with the variety of species they are likely to see in practice. Species covered include: rabbits, rodents, snakes, lizards, chelonia, cage and wild birds, birds of prey, bats, foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels, deer and badgers.

Contents:

Section 1 Rodent care

1. Rabbits / Mary Fraser 5

2. Rodents / Sara Cowen 23

Section 2 Snakes, lizards and chelonia care

3. Snakes and lizards / Beverly Shingleton 51

4. Chelonia / Beverly Shingleton 87

Section 3 Bird care

5. Cage birds / Emma Brooks 119

6. Birds of prey / Sara Cowen 141

7. Wild birds / Sara Cowen 149

Section 4 Wildlife care

8. Bats / Sara Cowen 171

9. Foxes / Sara Cowen 179

10. Hedgehogs / Sara Cowen 191

11. Squirrels / Sara Cowen 207

12. Deer / Sara Cowen 217

13. Badgers / Sara Cowen 223

Appendix 1. Rabbits 231

Appendix 2. Drug dosages 233

Appendix 3. General information on hand rearing mammals 237

Appendix 4. Feeding and caring for baby birds 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750654155

OCLC:

55612342