Introduction
This concise guide dedicated to the care of small mammals, Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, thoroughly addresses the common conditions encountered in veterinary practices. The book emphasizes preventive medicine while covering crucial topics such as disease management, ophthalmology, dentistry, and zoonosis.
Illustrative Content
Featuring over 400 vivid illustrations, the text visually clarifies essential concepts related to radiographic interpretation, anatomical relevance, as well as diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques. This new edition, presented in full color, updates its content to include more surgical procedures and broaden its scope on zoonotic diseases.
Editorial Expertise
Edited by Katherine Quesenberry and James W. Carpenter, along with contributions from a team of experts, this easily accessible resource, commonly referred to as the “Pink Book,” serves as an authoritative source for information that can be hard to find elsewhere.
Table of Contents Overview
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Main Features
- A well-structured organization allows for quick access to important information, with each section focusing on a specific animal and the chapters organized by body system.
- Over 400 photographs and illustrations underscore vital concepts, such as radiographic interpretation and key points in diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques.
- The chapter on ophthalmology provides essential, often hard-to-find information on eye care for ferrets, rabbits, rodents, and other small mammals.
- The preventive medicine section addresses basic biology, husbandry, and the routine care necessary for maintaining healthy animals.
- A comprehensive drug formulary offers dosage instructions for various small mammals including ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, rats/mice, prairie dogs, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders.
- Chapter outlines provide concise overviews of what each chapter contains at a glance.
- Helpful tables and charts facilitate the retrieval of key information quickly.
Updates in This Edition
- The expanded chapter on zoonotic diseases now features in-depth information and the latest insights on the increasing potential for disease transmission to humans as the popularity of exotic pets rises.
- Additional surgical procedures have been included for each species, with some accompanied by step-by-step instructions, complemented by color photographs and line drawings.
- Full-color images enhance the understanding of the intricate structures of these small animals, simplifying accurate diagnoses鈥攑articularly for conditions like lymphoproliferative diseases in rabbits, and for endoscopy, cytology, and hematology.
Author Information
This resource is authored by Katherine Quesenberry, DVM, Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Avian Practice), and Service Head for Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine at The Animal Medical Center in New York, NY, along with James W. Carpenter, MS, DVM, Dipl ACZM, associated with the Department of Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
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