Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents

<p>Learn to treat a wide variety of small mammals and pocket pets with<b> Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th Edition</b>. Covering the conditions most often seen in veterinary practice, this highly readable and easy-to-navigate text covers preventative medicine along with disease management, ophthalmology, dentistry, and zoonosis. More than 700 full-color photographs and illustrations highlight radiographic interpretation as well as diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques. This fourth edition also features new coverage of degus (large rodent species); new coverage of prairie dogs; and expanded coverage of surgical procedures, physical therapy rehabilitation and alternative medicine for rabbits, neoplasia in rabbits, and zoonotic disease. With expert contributors from around the globe, <i>Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents</i> is the authoritative, single point of reference for small mammal care that is hard to find elsewhere.</p><ul><b> <li>Logical organization </b>lays out sections by different animals and organizes parts within chapters by body system — making it quick and easy to access important information.</li> <li><b>Drug formulary</b> provides dosage instructions for a wealth of species including ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, rats/mice, prairie dogs, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders.</li> <li><b>More than 700 photographs and illustrations </b>highlight key concepts such as radiographic interpretation and the main points of diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques.</li> <li><b>Chapter on ophthalmology</b> provides an area of study that is difficult to find for ferrets, rabbits, rodents, and other small mammals.</li> <li><b>Chapter outlines</b> offer an at-a-glance overview of the chapter contents at the beginning of the chapter.</li> <li><b>Access to <i>Expert Consult</i> </b>site provides an excellent comprehensive reference and a fully searchable eBook.</li></ul><ul><b> <li>NEW! Coverage of surgical procedures </b>has been further expanded in this edition. Surgical procedures are presented in a separate section and shown step by step through color photographs and radiographs, accompanied by line drawings.</li> <li><b>NEW! Additional information on physical therapy rehabilitation and alternative medicine for rabbits </b>includes chiropractic care and acupuncture.</li> <li><b>NEW! Expanded content on neoplasia in rabbits</b> incorporates lymphoreticular disorders, thymoma, and other neoplastic diseases of rabbits.</li> <li><b>NEW! All new chapter on prairie dogs </b>has been added.</li> <li><b>NEW! All new chapter on degus (large rodent species) </b>has been added.</li> <li><b>UPDATED! Chapter on zoonotic disease has been updated to </b>further cover specific zoonotic diseases in addition to addressing the increased potential for disease transmission from animals to humans.</li> <li><b>NEW! Global author perspective </b>incorporates the expertise of authors practicing outside of North America.<b> </b></li> <li><b>UPDATED! Photographs </b>show the diseases and disorders that are more commonly seen in practice.</li></ul>