Invertebrate Medicine (eBook)

Gregory A. Lewbart (Herausgeber)

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2021 | 3. Auflage
752 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-56945-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Presented in full color for the first time, Invertebrate Medicine is the definitive resource on husbandry and veterinary medicine in invertebrate species. Presenting authoritative information applicable to both in-human care and wild invertebrates, this comprehensive volume addresses the medical care and clinical condition of most important invertebrate species--providing biological data for sponges, jellyfish, anemones, snails, sea hares, corals, cuttlefish, squid, octopuses, clams, oysters, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, various worms, and many other invertebrate groups.

The extensively revised third edition contains new information and knowledge throughout, offering timely coverage of significant advances in invertebrate anesthesia, analgesia, diagnostic imaging, surgery, and welfare. New and updated chapters incorporate recent publications on species including crustaceans, jellyfishes, corals, honeybees, and a state-of-the-science formulary. In this edition, the authors also discuss a range of topics relevant to invertebrate caretaking including conservation, laws and regulations, euthanasia, diagnostic techniques, and sample handling. Edited by a leading veterinarian and expert in the field, Invertebrate Medicine, Third Edition:

* Provides a comprehensive reference to all aspects of invertebrate medicine

* Offers approximately 200 new pages of expanded content

* Features more than 400 full color images and new contributions from leading veterinarians and specialists for each taxon

* Includes updated chapters of reportable diseases, neoplasia, sources of invertebrates and supplies, and a comprehensive formulary

The standard reference text in the field, Invertebrate Medicine, Third Edition is essential reading for practicing veterinarians, veterinary students, advanced hobbyists, aquarists and aquaculturists, and professional animal caretakers in zoo animal, exotic animal, and laboratory animal medicine.

Autor

The editor Gregory A. Lewbart, MS, VMD, Dipl. ACZM, Dipl. ECZM (Zoo Health Mgt.) is Professor of Aquatic, Wildlife, and Zoological Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, USA.

Inhalt

Contributors ix

Foreword xi
Joel Sartore

Preface xiii
Gregory A. Lewbart

Acknowledgment xv
Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 2. Porifera 7
Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 3. Jellyfishes (Ctenophora and Scyphozoa) 33
Michael K. Stoskopf and Kate S. Freeman

Chapter 4. Anemones (Actinaria) 51
Michael K. Stoskopf

Chapter 5. Octocorallia, Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, and Other Corals 65
Michael K. Stoskopf, Lori S. Westmoreland, and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 6. Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health 107
Wade Lehmann Copyrighted Material

Chapter 7. Turbellarians 129
Michael S. Bodri

Chapter 8. Gastropods 151
Roxanna Smolowitz, Shane Boylan, and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 9. Cephalopods 177
Joseph M. Scimeca, Gregory J. Barord, and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 10. Bivalves 203
Jay F. Levine, Mac Law, and Tal Ben-Horin

Chapter 11. Chitons 235
Katharina B. Hagen

Chapter 12. Annelids 249
Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 13. Horseshoe Crabs 283
Stephen A. Smith

Chapter 14. Spiders 301
Romain Pizzi and Benjamin Kennedy

Chapter 15. Scorpions 349
Fredric L. Frye

Chapter 16. Crustaceans 367
Amy L. Hancock-Ronemus, Melanie Buote, and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 17. Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes) 399
John R. Chitty

Chapter 18. Insects 413
John E. Cooper, Sarah Pellett, and Michelle O'Brien

Chapter 19. Honey Bees 439
Nicolas Vidal-Naquet and Christopher J. Cripps

Chapter 20. Butterfly Houses 521
John E. Cooper and Ian J. Gordon

Chapter 21. Nematodes 537
Michael S. Bodri

Chapter 22. Chaetognaths (Arrowworms) 563
Laura Foster and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 23. Echinoderms 579
Craig A. Harms

Chapter 24. Urochordates 599
Robert S. Bakal and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 25. Diagnostic Techniques and Sample Handling 615
Ilze K. Berzins, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 26. Neoplasia 631
Alisa L. Newton, Roxanna M. Smolowitz, Taylor L. Reynolds, and Esther C. Peters

Chapter 27. Euthanasia 645
Michael J. Murray

Chapter 28. Laws and Regulations 651
Margaret E. Cooper

Chapter 29. Invertebrate Animal Welfare 669
Trevor T. Zachariah

Chapter 30. Invertebrate Health Issues in Conservation 677
Timothy R. New

Chapter 31. Sources of Invertebrates and Supplies 693
R. Kent Passingham

Chapter 32. Reportable Diseases of Invertebrates 701
Gregory A. Lewbart

Chapter 33. Drug Formulary 703
Megan L. Cabot and Gregory A. Lewbart

Index 717

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science • Aquakultur, Fischereiwesen u. Fischforschung • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin / Fische • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinary Medicine • Veterinary Medicine - Fish • Veterinary Medicine - Zoo & Wildlife • Wirbellose
• ISBN-10: 1-119-56945-1 / 1119569451
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-56945-9 / 9781119569459