Fowler's zoo and wild animal medicine /

Fowler's zoo and wild animal medicine / Zoo and wild animal medicine R. Eric Miller, DVM, DACZM, Senior Vice President for Zoological Operations, Director, WildCare Institute, Saint Louis Zoo, Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, Adjunct Associate Profesor of Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, Murray Fowler, DVM, DACZM, DACVIM, DABVT, Professor Emeritus, Zoological Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California. - Volume 8 [i.e. Eighth edition] - St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Saunders, 2015 - xi, 773 pages : coloured illustrations ; 29 cm

Preceded by Fowler's zoo and wild animal medicine / R. Eric Miller, Murray Fowler. c2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Logically organized by taxonomic groups, this up-to-date text covers the diagnosis and treatment of all zoo animal species and free-ranging wildlife, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and fish, unlikely to be seen by private practice veterinarians. Featuring full-color images, the consistent, user-friendly format supplies information on each animal's biology, unique anatomy, special physiology, reproduction, restraint and handling, housing requirements, nutrition and feeding, surgery and anesthesia, diagnostics, therapeutics, and diseases.

9781455773978 (hardcover)


Animals, Zoo.
Animals, Wild.
Veterinary Medicine.

SF996