Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia
- ISBN-10
- 1118792866
- ISBN-13
- 9781118792865
- Series
- Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 968
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-07-21
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Gary West, Darryl J. Heard, Nigel Caulkett
Description
Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia, SecondEdition is a fully updated and revised version of the firstcomprehensive reference on anesthetic techniques in captive andfree-ranging wildlife. Now including expanded coverage ofavian and aquatic species, this exhaustive resource presentsinformation on the full range of zoo and wildlife species. Coveringtopics ranging from monitoring and field anesthesia to CPR andeuthanasia, the heart of the book is devoted to 53 species-specificchapters providing a wealth of information on little-known andcommon zoo and wildlife animals alike. In addition to new species chapters, the new edition brings a newfocus on pain management, including chronic pain, and moreinformation on species-specific physiology. Chapters on airwaymanagement, monitoring, emergency therapeutics, and fieldprocedures are all significantly expanded as well. This update toZoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia is aninvaluable addition to the library of all zoo and wildlifeveterinarians.
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