Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles is the definitive reference work on tortoise and turtle medicine and surgery worldwide.

Containing a wealth of information, this book will be invaluable to researchers and practitioners alike, combining an ideal balance between scientific data and practical, down-to-earth clinical information.

Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles covers everything from imaging to virus isolation, and is divided into sections on:

• diagnosis and anesthesia
• anatomy, husbandry and nutrition
• therapeutics
• a systematic approach to physiology and disease

Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles includes contributions from world experts in chelonian medicine and surgery. It contains more than 1,000 color photographs.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Infectious Agents
3. Anatomy and Physiology
4. Nutrition
5. General Care of Chelonians
6. Nutrition
7. General Care of Captive Chelonians
8. Diagnosis
9. Clinical Pathology
10. Diagnostic Imaging Techniques
11. Hospitalization
12. Feeding Techniques and Fluids
13. Interpretation of Presenting Signs
14. Problem Solving Approach to Conditions of Marine Turtles
15. Problem Solving Approach to Common Diseases of Terrestrial and Semi-Aquatic Chelonians
16. Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Euthanasia
17. Surgery
18. Therapeutics
19. Formulary

Appendices

• Turtle Conservation
• Plants Suggested to be Poisonous to Chelonians
• Care Sheets
• rehabilitation of Asian Chelonians
• A Selective Chelonian Taxonomy
• Viral Disease

Index

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