Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide

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Lance Jepson (Honorary Lecturer in Exotic Medicine, Vet4dragons, Fenton Veterinary Practice, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK)

Exotic Animal Medicine

A Quick Reference Guide

Lance Jepson (Honorary Lecturer in Exotic Medicine, Vet4dragons, Fenton Veterinary Practice, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK)

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Saunders
02 December 2015

Veterinary medicine: exotic & zoo animals

Exotic pets are more popular than ever before, so make sure you are ready to care for everything from rats to songbirds with Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd Edition. Expanded with three all new chapters and updated content, this new edition provides the key points on differential diagnoses and diagnostics, along with background information on a wide variety of exotic pets, to veterinary practitioners who may or may not have experience treating them. Its practical quick-reference outline format makes it easy for you to see the conditions likely to be encountered within a species; develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly; initiate an investigational plan; and view treatment regimens.

Covers the most commonly encountered exotic species in one text, making it a succinct and practical clinician's guide to diagnosing and treating a wide variety of exotic pets.

Expert advice on diagnostic approaches, clinical techniques, anesthetic protocols, and treatment regimens offers an invaluable source of useful clinically applicable material.

Organization of chapters by species and clinical signs enables you to access information easily and efficiently.

User-friendly outline format allows the guide to act as a quick reference in the clinical setting.

NEW! All new chapters on marmosets and tamarins, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders provide up-to-date coverage of exotic species you may encounter in the clinic.

NEW! Thoroughly updated and expanded coverage of exotic species and the problems that may plague them helps you develop a potential differential diagnosis list quickly and seek appropriate care for exotic animals, such as: ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, pet rats, hamsters and other small rodents; parrots, budgerigars and related species, canaries, finches, toucans; lizards, snakes, tortoises and turtles, frogs, salamanders; pond fish, tropical freshwater fish and tropical marine fish.

By: Lance Jepson (Honorary Lecturer in Exotic Medicine Vet4dragons Fenton Veterinary Practice Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire UK)
Imprint: Saunders
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 770g
ISBN: 9780323328494
ISBN 10: 0323328490
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 02 December 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Replaced By: 9780702059063
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lance Jepson is an honorary lecturer in Exotic Animal Medicine at the University of Liverpool Small Animal Hospital, where he runs a referral clinic for exotic pets as well as providing a lecture course covering ornamental fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and small mammals. Dr. Jepson developed his own exotics referral practice in South Wales (Vet4dragons) with clinics in both Neath and Haverfordwest. He lectures both nationally and internationally, contributes to veterinary texts, and provides regular health articles and advice to fish keeping magazines. Other than Exotic Animal Medicine, he has written four books, three on fish health and one on Mediterranean Tortoises

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Exotic Animal Medicine

A Quick Reference Guide

Lance Jepson (Honorary Lecturer in Exotic Medicine, Vet4dragons, Fenton Veterinary Practice, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, UK)

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