Medicine of Australian mammals / Larry Vogelnest, Rupert Woods, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vogelnest, Larry.

Woods, Rupert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals--Australia.

Mammals.

Veterinary medicine--Australia.

Veterinary medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (701 p.)

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents the most up-to-date information available on the medical management of all taxa of Australian native mammals.

Contents:

cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Veterinary considerations forthe rescue, treatment,rehabilitation and releaseof wildlife; 2 Veterinary aspects ofhand-rearingorphanedmarsupials; 3 Marine mammal strandingsand the role of theveterinarian; 4 Wildlife health investigationand a guide to necropsy; 5 Echidnas; 6 Platypuses; 7 Macropods; 8 Koalas; 9 Wombats; 10 Dasyurids; 11 Numbats; 12 Gliders and possums; 13 Bandicoots and bilbies; 14 Bats; 15 Rodents; 16 Dingoes; 17 Pinnipeds; 18 Cetaceans; 19 Dugongs; Appendix 1 Checklist of themammals of Australia and itsterritories

Appendix 2 Guide to theidentification of commonparasites of Australian mammalsAppendix 3 Product sources; Appendix 4 Abbreviations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613155429

9780643099289

064309928X

9781283155427

1283155427

9780643097971

064309797X

OCLC:

518427864