Current Therapy in Reptile Medicine & Surgery, Hardcover by Mader, Douglas R. (EDT); Divers, Stephen J. (EDT), ISBN 1455708933, ISBN-13 9781455708932, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Veterinarians and other specialists from the US and Europe contribute 30 chapters in this resource on reptile and amphibian medicine. Th is meant to be a companion to Mader's Reptile Medicine and Surgery (2006) and includes advances and updates for husbandry equipment, clinical virology, mycotic diseases, therapeutics, anesthesia and analgesia, and diagnostic endoscopy, as well as new reptile topics like veterinary specialization, common pathology and diseases seen in pet stores, clinical aspects of evolution, molecular infectious disease diagnostics, conditioning and behavioral training, endosurgery, vacuum-assisted wound closure, new techniques in chelonian shell repair, video telescope operating microscopy, laboratory animal medicine, working with wild reptiles, forensic investigation, and issues of species invasion and conservation. It also has additional chapters on amphibian diversity, exhibition, infectious and noninfectious diseases, and therapy. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()