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Title: Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine by Murray E. Fowler, R. Eric Miller ISBN: 0-7216-9499-3 Publisher: W B Saunders Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $161.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: disappointingly limited by format
Comment: Numbers 3 and 4 of this series were updates of specific topics, much like the "current veterinary therapy" series. This, like Editions 1 and 2, attempts to cover all of zoo medicine in one volume. As this is a rapidly expanding body of knowledge, it is no longer really possible to fit into a single volume. There are very brief overviews of each species without enough depth present- this is not due to the authors, but the format. Especially disappointing is the apparent limitation on the number of references for each section. Providing references on where to look for further information would have made this book much more useful. Hopefully future editions will either show a return to the topic oriented format of 3 and 4, be a multi-volume set containing enough information to be useful, or at least contain sufficient references to be useful as a good bibliography.
Rating: 5
Summary: similar to 1st edition
Comment: This text is basically a new, up-to-date version of the 1st edition of Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine (which is out of print and difficult to come by). For that reason I think it is wonderful.
I do think the editor's review is slightly misleading because there is very little information regarding specific diagnoses and their treatments. Instead there are lists of diseases which different species are prone to getting and formulary charts for the different species. If you want detailed information about a specific disease, diagnostics, and various treatment options, this book is not ideal.
What this book is great for: species biology, husbandry, basic zoo medicine...
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Title: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques by Devra G. Kleiman, Mary E. Allen, Katerina V. Thompson, Susan Lumpkin, Holly Harris ISBN: 0226440036 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: Hand-Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals by Laurie J. Gage ISBN: 0813826837 Publisher: Iowa State University Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals by David J. Shepherdson, Jill D. Mellen, Michael Hutchins ISBN: 1560983973 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Exotic Animal Formulary by James W. Carpenter, Ted Y. Mashima, David J. Rupiper, James K. Morrisey ISBN: 0721683126 Publisher: W B Saunders Pub. Date: 15 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
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Title: Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals by Murray E. Fowler ISBN: 0813818923 Publisher: Iowa State University Press Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $74.99 |
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