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Title BSAVA manual of wildlife casualties / editors, Elizabeth Mullineaux, Emma Keeble
Edition Second edition
Published Gloucester : British Small Animal Veterinary Association, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 480 pages) : color illustrations
Series BSAVA manuals series
BSAVA manual series.
Contents Wildlife casualties and the veterinary surgeon / Alexandra Tomlinson -- Law affecting British wildlife casualties / Margaret E. Cooper -- Principles of capture, handling and transportation / Steve Smith -- Wildlife triage and decision-making / Anna Meredith -- First aid and emergency care / Elizabeth Mullineaux and Emma Keeble -- Basic principles of wildlife anaesthesia / Michelle Barrows -- Initial management in captivity / Joanna Hedley -- Care and hand-rearing of young wild animals / Sara Cowen -- Rehabilitation and release / Adam Grogen and Andrew Kelly -- Clinical pathology, post-mortem examinations and disease surveillance / John E. Cooper -- Investigating wildlife crime / Ranald Munro and Guy Shorrock -- Hedgehogs / Steve Bexton -- Squirrels / Tiffany Blackett -- Other insectivores and rodents / Richard Saunders -- Bats / David Couper -- Rabbits and hares / Jenna Richardson -- Badgers / Elizabeth Mullineaux -- Otters / Vic Simpson and David Couper -- Other mustelids / Debra Bourne -- Wildcats / Anna Meredith -- Foxes / David Couper -- Deer / Molly Varga -- Marine mammals / James Barnett and Steve Bexton -- Seabirds / Emma Keeble -- Wading birds / Romain Pizzi and Colin Seddon -- Waterfowl / Sally Goulden -- Gamebirds / John Chitty -- Pigeons and doves / John Chitty -- Raptors / Neil Forbes -- Passerines and other small birds / Becki Lawson and Dick Best -- Reptiles and amphibians / John E. Cooper
Summary This manual expands and updates the information in the first edition to provide greater depth and breadth to enable practitioners to improve and refine the quality of veterinary care they provide for British wildlife. The first part of the manual covers general principles and features new chapters on capture, handling and transportation, triage and decision making, first aid and emergency care, wildlife anaesthesia, management in captivity, hand rearing, and the investigation of wildlife crime. This section is followed by chapters covering the key considerations for mammal, bird, reptile and amphibian species including handling, first aid, diagnostics, conditions, therapeutics and management. Includes capture, handling and transportation; triage and decision making; first aid and emergency care; legal and ethical issues; investigating wildlife crime
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Wildlife rehabilitation -- Great Britain
Animals -- Great Britain
Veterinary medicine -- Great Britain
Animals, Wild
Veterinary Medicine -- methods
Animal Diseases -- therapy
First Aid -- veterinary
Wounds and Injuries -- therapy
Wounds and Injuries -- veterinary
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Animals
Veterinary medicine
Wildlife rehabilitation
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Mullineaux, Elizabeth, editor.
Keeble, Emma J., editor
British Small Animal Veterinary Association, issuing body.
ISBN 9781910443316
191044331X
Other Titles British Small Animal Veterinary Asssociation manual of wildlife casualties
Manual of wildlife casualties
Wildlife casualites