Textbook of Rabbit Medicine
2nd Edition
Published on 17. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-7020-4979-8 (ISBN)
Description
The new Textbook of Rabbit Medicine draws on the latest information from around the world to make it a truly global resource on all aspects of rabbit medicine and health. It will continue to be indispensable to veterinary surgeons in general practice, veterinary students, referral veterinarians specializing in exotic pets, and veterinary surgeons studying for certificates in advanced veterinary practice.
The book is carefully constructed to allow for the biology, husbandry and clinical techniques that pertain to rabbit medicine to be treated comprehensively and conveniently. Clinical chapters follow a logical progression from clinical pathology, through anaesthesia, therapeutics and diseases covered by body system, to surgery and post-mortem examination.
The author offers a strong emphasis on clinical practice to ensure the content is as practically useful and accessible as possible. Key points boxes integrated throughout the book provide a stand-alone precis of important subjects. New clinical techniques boxes are packed with tips from a practising expert who regularly applies this same information in practice.
Comprehensive, in-depth and authoritative coverage of the health and diseases of the domestic rabbit
Detailed and explicit line artwork provides a clear understanding of physiological processes
A practical, evidence-based resource for the effective treatment of pet rabbits.
New to the second edition
A new expert author revises and reframes the original classic text for today's practitioners and students
Content is thoroughly updated to include the latest drugs, anaesthetics and techniques
A new full-colour design is used to improve access and navigability
Many new colour illustrations and diagrams throughout help emphasize and clarify key content
The book's additional clinical emphasis makes this edition more practical than ever before!
The book is carefully constructed to allow for the biology, husbandry and clinical techniques that pertain to rabbit medicine to be treated comprehensively and conveniently. Clinical chapters follow a logical progression from clinical pathology, through anaesthesia, therapeutics and diseases covered by body system, to surgery and post-mortem examination.
The author offers a strong emphasis on clinical practice to ensure the content is as practically useful and accessible as possible. Key points boxes integrated throughout the book provide a stand-alone precis of important subjects. New clinical techniques boxes are packed with tips from a practising expert who regularly applies this same information in practice.
Comprehensive, in-depth and authoritative coverage of the health and diseases of the domestic rabbit
Detailed and explicit line artwork provides a clear understanding of physiological processes
A practical, evidence-based resource for the effective treatment of pet rabbits.
New to the second edition
A new expert author revises and reframes the original classic text for today's practitioners and students
Content is thoroughly updated to include the latest drugs, anaesthetics and techniques
A new full-colour design is used to improve access and navigability
Many new colour illustrations and diagrams throughout help emphasize and clarify key content
The book's additional clinical emphasis makes this edition more practical than ever before!
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Practising Veterinarians.
Illustrations
Approx. 180 illustrations (125 in full color); Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7020-4979-8 (9780702049798)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Molly Varga Smith
Textbook of Rabbit Medicine
Book
08/2022
3rd Edition
Elsevier
€142.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Additional editions
Molly Varga
Textbook of Rabbit Medicine E-Book
E-Book
08/2013
2nd Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€81.99
Available for download
Previous edition
Frances Harcourt-Brown
Textbook of Rabbit Medicine
Book
11/2001
Butterworth-Heinemann
€113.88
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Person
Molly Varga graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1992. After graduation she spent the next 4 years working in small animal and exotic medicine in Canada. These varied experiences included working in multicenter urban practice in Toronto and a small exotics practice in rural Ontario. Her case load included a lot of native wildlife, such as racoons, skunks, and red-tailed hawks. Since returning to the UK in 1996, Dr. Varga has worked in both London and the North West and gained her Certificate in Zoological Medicine in 2001 and her Diploma in Zoological Medicine (Mammalian) in 2007. She currently runs a first opinion and referral exotics service in a practice in East Cheshire.
Content
Biological characteristics of the domestic rabbit; Diet and husbandry; The rabbit consultation and clinical techniques; Therapeutics; Anaesthesia and analgesia; Clinical Pathology; Dental disease; Abscesses; Skin diseases; Digestive disease; Ophthalmic diseases; Neurological and locomotor disorders; Cardiorespiratory disease; Urogenital disease; General surgical principles and neutering; Infectious diseases; Post mortem examination, Index.