Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery

Reach for this book whenever a sick or injured tortoise comes into the surgery. Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery is designed as a concise quick reference for the busy practitioner, covering everything from species identification to common basic surgery for tortoises and freshwater turtles.
The first section contains a guide to the common species, including identification, sexing, environmental and dietary needs; as well as a guide to equipment, nursing care and basic reception triage. The second section comprises history and clinical examination techniques, from basic handling, clinical and injection techniques, to anaesthesia, imaging and basic surgery techniques, and clinical pathology. The final section provides a clinical guide sorted by presenting sign, and including differential diagnoses.
Suitable for all veterinary practitioners who treat tortoises, it will also be extremely useful for veterinary students and veterinary nurses or technicians.

Spis treści:
– Species.
Guide to the common species, identification, sexing, environmental needs and dietary needs.
– Practice Needs.
A guide to the requirements (equipment etc) needed to see these species, graded from basis to advanced depending on caseloads.
Nursing care and basic reception triage.
HISTORY AND CLINICAL EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES .
– Basic Techniques.
Handling, clinical and injection techniques, basic therapeutics, critical care, clinical triage, sample taking techniques.
– Anaesthesia, Imaging and Basic Surgery Techniques.
Principles and basics of anaesthesia and surgery, and Imaging (radiography and basic endoscopy, CT, MRI).
– Clinical Pathology.
Haematology, biochemistry, cytology, bacteriology, parasitology, post–mortem techniques, relevant virology. Emphasis will be on tests, their uses / indications, and interpretation, rather than laboratory techniqu es.
– Presentations/ Conditions.
Brief clinical guides sorted by presenting sign, including differential diagnoses.
o Eye and conjunctival swellings.
o Ocular opacities.
o Ear abscess.
o Beak overgrown.
o Oral infection.
o Nasal discharge.
o Peeling skin.
o Body Swelling (puffiness).
o Swollen limb/extremity.
o Prolapse.
o Fracture.
o Neoplasia.
o Shell fracture/ injury.
o Shell infection.
o Egg binding.
o Anorexia – including post–hibernation.
o Internal parasites.
o External parasites.
o Bite wounds – skin and shell.
o Lethargy.
o Difficulty in breathing – including “open mouth” and “respiratory noise”.
o Euthanasia and confirming death.
– Appendices.
Formulary.
Haematology/ Biochemistry “normals”.
Flow Charts showing clinical approach to some common clinical presentations

Nota biograficzna:
John Chitty has been in practice for nearly 18 years. His caseload is approximately 90% zoo/ exotics/ small mammal – a large proportion of which includes tortoises. He gained the RCVS Certificate in Zoological medicine in 2000. John is the UK representative to the Association of Avian Veterinarians’ (AAV) board of directors and secretary to the European committee of the AAV. He is also a board member of the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians. John has written book chapters on a variety of species including reptiles, and has also co–edited two avian texts for BSAVA.
Aidan Raftery has been in practice for nearly 26 years. Currently his case load is about 90% exotics of which approximately 30% are reptiles. Aidan gained the RCVS Certificate in Zoological medicine in 2000. He has contributed book chapters to a variety of textbooks on exotic animal medicine and surgery.

Okładka tylna:
Reach for this book whenever a sick or injured to rtoise comes into the surgery. Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery is designed as a concise quick reference for the busy practitioner, covering everything from species identification to common basic surgery for tortoises and freshwater turtles.
The first section contains a guide to the common species, including identification, sexing, environmental and dietary needs; as well as a guide to equipment, nursing care and basic reception triage. The second section comprises history and clinical examination techniques, from basic handling, clinical and injection techniques, to anaesthesia, imaging and basic surgery techniques, and clinical pathology. The final section provides a clinical guide sorted by presenting sign, and including differential diagnoses.
Suitable for all veterinary practitioners who treat tortoises, it will also be extremely useful for veterinary students and veterinary nurses or technicians.