By Katherine Quesenberry, DVM, MPH, DABVP (Avian), Christoph Mans, Dr. med. vet. MBA, Diploma. ACZM, Connie Orcutt and James W. Carpenter, MS, DVM, Dipl ACZM
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine**Learn to treat a wide variety of small mammals and pocket pets with Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th Edition. Covering the conditions most oft
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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine**
Learn to treat a wide variety of small mammals and pocket pets with Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th Edition. 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, Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents is the authoritative, single point of reference for small mammal care that is hard to find elsewhere.
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Medicine**
Learn to treat a wide variety of small mammals and pocket pets with Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 4th Edition. 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, Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents is the authoritative, single point of reference for small mammal care that is hard to find elsewhere.
New to this edition
NEW! Coverage of surgical procedures
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.
NEW! Additional information on physical therapy rehabilitation and alternative medicine for rabbits includes chiropractic care and acupuncture.
NEW! Expanded content on neoplasia in rabbits incorporates lymphoreticular disorders, thymoma, and other neoplastic diseases of rabbits.
NEW! All new chapter on prairie dogs has been added.
NEW! All new chapter on degus (large rodent species) has been added.
UPDATED! Chapter on zoonotic disease has been updated to further cover specific zoonotic diseases in addition to addressing the increased potential for disease transmission from animals to humans.
NEW! Global author perspective incorporates the expertise of authors practicing outside of North America.
UPDATED! Photographs show the diseases and disorders that are more commonly seen in practice.
Key Features
Logical organization lays out sections by different animals and organizes parts within chapters by body system — making it quick and easy to access important information.
Drug formulary provides dosage instructions for a wealth of species including ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, hamsters, rats/mice, prairie dogs, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders.
More than 700 photographs and illustrations highlight key concepts such as radiographic interpretation and the main points of diagnostic, surgical, and therapeutic techniques.
Chapter on ophthalmology provides an area of study that is difficult to find for ferrets, rabbits, rodents, and other small mammals.
Chapter outlines offer an at-a-glance overview of the chapter contents at the beginning of the chapter.
Access to Expert Consultsite provides an excellent comprehensive reference and a fully searchable eBook.
Author Information
By Katherine Quesenberry, DVM, MPH, DABVP (Avian), Chief Medical Officer, Service Head, Avian and Exotic Pet Service, Schwarzman Animal Medical Center; Christoph Mans, Dr. med. vet. MBA, Diploma. ACZM, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine; Connie Orcutt and James W. Carpenter, MS, DVM, Dipl ACZM, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
By Katherine Quesenberry, DVM, MPH, DABVP (Avian), Chief Medical Officer, Service Head, Avian and Exotic Pet Service, Schwarzman Animal Medical Center; Christoph Mans, Dr. med. vet. MBA, Diploma. ACZM, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine; Connie Orcutt and James W. Carpenter, MS, DVM, Dipl ACZM, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Section 1: FERRETS 1. Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Ferrets 2. Basic Approach to Veterinary Care of Ferrets and Clinical Techniques 3. Gastrointestinal Diseases of Ferrets 4. Disorders of the Urinary and Reproductive System in Ferrets 5. Cardiovascular and Other Diseases of Ferrets 6. Respiratory Diseases of Ferrets 7. Endocrine Diseases of Ferrets 8. Neoplasia in Ferrets 9. Dermatologic Diseases of Ferrets 10. Musculoskeletal and Neurologic Diseases of Ferrets Section 2: RABBITS 11. Basic Anatomy, Physiology, and Husbandry of Rabbits 12. Basic Approach to Veterinary Care of Rabbits 13. Gastrointestinal Physiology and Nutrition of Rabbits 14. Gastrointestinal Diseases of Rabbits 15. Respiratory Diseases and Pasteurellosis in Rabbits 16. Disorders of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems in Rabbits 17. Dermatologic Diseases of Rabbits 18. Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Disorders of Rabbits 19. Cardiovascular Disease in Rabbits 20. Lymphoreticular Disorders, Thymoma, and other Neoplastic Diseases of Rabbits Section 3: RODENTS 21. Guinea Pigs 22. Chinchillas 23. Degus 24. Prairie Dogs 25. Rats and Mice 26. Hamsters and Gerbils Section 4: OTHER SMALL MAMMALS 27. Sugar Gliders 28. African Pygmy Hedgehogs 29. Skunks Section 5: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND DENTISTRY 30. General Principles of Surgical Techniques 31. Soft Tissue Surgery: Ferrets 32. Soft Tissue Surgery: Rabbits 33. Soft Tissue Surgery: Rodents 34. Orthopedics in Small Mammals 35. Exotic Mammal Diagnostic and Surgical Endoscopy 36. Small Mammal Dentistry Section 6: GENERAL TOPICS 37. Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Sedation of Small Mammals 38. Diagnostic Imaging 39. Hematology and Biochemistry of Small Mammals 40. Ophthalmic Diseases of Small Mammals 41. Emergency and Critical Care of Small Mammals 42. Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Small Mammals Appendix: Formulary
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