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Edition: |
Volume 8 [i.e. Eighth edition]. |
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Description: |
xi, 773 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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General Note: |
Preceded by Fowler's zoo and wild animal medicine / R. Eric Miller, Murray Fowler. c2012. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Amphibian groups -- Reptile groups -- Avian groups -- Mammal groups -- General zoo and wild animal topics. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: "This thoroughly revised, up-to-date text covers the diagnosis and treatment of all terrestrial vertebrate zoo taxa or free-ranging wildlife, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. This all-new volume features vivid color images and a consistent format that supplies information on each animal's biology, unique anatomy, special physiology, reproduction, restraint and handling, housing requirements, nutrition and feeling, surgery and anesthesia, diagnostics, therapeutics, and diseases."--Back cover. |