Raptor Medicine, Surgery, and Rehabilitation (eBook)

Carolina Raptor Center Dr David (Veterinarian USA) Scott (Autor)

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2020 | 3. Auflage
360 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-78924-612-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Comprehensive and extensively illustrated, this book accumulates years of practical knowledge when dealing with injured birds of prey. It outlines everything from handling and the intake examination through to practical procedures and the treatment of a range of conditions and injuries, as well as advice on housing, rehabilitation and release.

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Comprehensive, practical and extensively illustrated, this book accumulates years of practical knowledge when dealing with injured birds of prey. Written by a practicing veterinarian it is a concise, helpful, day-to-day guide which outlines everything from handling and the intake examination, through to practical procedures and the treatment of a comprehensive range of conditions and injuries. Also covering advice on housing, rehabilitation and eventual release, and fully updated throughout, this new edition incorporates new images as well as new and expanded information on electrocution, pesticides, feeding puppets and species habitats. With plenty of new 'raptor tips' and questions, Raptor Medicine, Surgery, and Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition, includes handy hints, clinical pearls and retains its emphasis on practical procedures throughout. Forming a complete and approachable guide to raptor veterinary care, this book also features numerous rapid reference charts and appendices.

Autor

David Scott is Staff Veterinarian at the Carolina Raptor Center. He received his BS Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1988 and DVM from the University of Illinois in 1997, and has worked with many wildlife rehabilitation groups since then. He is also a software engineer and has developed the RaptorMed medical records software specifically designed for the medical management and husbandry of all types of animals. It is used at rehabilitation centers, in aquariums, and for permanent collections all over the world.

Rezensionen

The clear images, tables, and graphics make this book a good cage-side reference for veterinary professionals and rehabilitators who need to quickly look up specific procedures or topics. Concise descriptions with strong accompanying photographs and graphics allow readers to easily navigate the text by topic. Overall, this book focuses on clinical applications and represents an easy-to-use resource for those in the field of raptor rehabilitation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.11.2020
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Klinische Fächer ► Chirurgie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier ► Zoo- / Wildtier
• Schlagworte: Anaesthesia • anatomy • anesthesia • Bird of Prey • birds of prey • buzzard • Clinical Pathology • EAGLE • Endoscopy • Falcon • Feeding • handling • Hawk • Housing • Husbandry • Infectious Diseases • Nutrition • Ophthalmology • orthopaedics • Orthopedics • OWL • physical examination • Physiology • Raptor • raptors • Release • soft tissue surgery • Surgery
• ISBN-10: 1-78924-612-1 / 1789246121
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78924-612-4 / 9781789246124