Medicine of Australian Mammals - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0643091505 ISBN 13: 9780643091504

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This book is the first comprehensive text on the medicine of Australian mammals. It presents the most up-to-date information available on the medical management of all taxa of Australian native mammals and is the single most important and useful standalone text on this subject.The book is divided into two parts. The first includes chapters on general topics relevant to the medical management of captive and free-ranging Australian native mammals such as: veterinary considerations for the rescue, treatment and rehabilitation and release of wildlife; veterinary aspects of hand-rearing orphaned marsupials; marine mammal strandings and the role of the veterinarian; and wildlife health investigation and a guide to postmortem examination of Australian mammals.The second part deals with the medicine of specific taxa of Australian native mammals. Detailed information on taxonomy, distribution, biology, anatomy, physiology, reproduction, husbandry, nutrition, physical and chemical restraint, clinical pathology, hand-rearing, diseases, zoonoses, therapeutics, reproductive management (control and assisted reproduction) and surgery is included.Appendices include a checklist of the mammals of Australia and its territories and a guide to the identification of common parasites of Australian mammals. This is the first single reference text on diseases of Australian mammals. Flow charts and decision trees assist practitioners who need to find information rapidly.

About this title

Review:

"The editors are to be congratulated. The information is well presented, with useful and relevant photographs and excellent illustrations. The content is of a very high standard and no other single reference provides as complete or current information of the medicine of Australian mammals. This alone makes it an important text. When the excellent editing is also considered, the result is a textbook essential."-- (02/01/2009)

"The chapter authors of this book read like a 'who's who' of Australian wildlife veterinarians, with the addition of a number of wildlife disease research workers. While this book appears to be primarily aimed at veterinarians, workers in other wildlife-related fields, especially those with an interest in population health or involved in species recovery and translocation, are likely to find much useful information."-- (01/01/2009)

"It is of no doubt that this is a valuable resource to veterinarians but it is also a valuable resource for any keeper involved in the husbandry of Australian native mammals as well as researchers in the field and wildlife carers for whom it is imperative that they have an understanding of wildlife diseases. Overall I think this is a great book and would be a worthy investment..."-- (01/01/2009)

"Medicine of Australian Mammals represents an important step in bringing together health-related information about Australian mammals and certainly will be a valued text on the shelves of any veterinarian dealing with these species in captive or free-ranging situation."--Professor Michael K. Stoskopf, North Carolina State University, USA, Integrative and Comparative Biology (12/01/2008)

About the Author:

Larry Vogelnest specializes in the health and reproductive management of small populations including ex situ breeding programs for endangered species. He has participated in and advised on both in situ and ex situ components of numerous conservation projects. Rupert Woods is at the Australian Wildlife Health Network.

About this edition

• Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0643091505
• ISBN 13: 9780643091504
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 704
• Editor: Larry Vogelnest, Rupert Woods