Reach for this book whenever a sick or injured tortoise comes into the surgery. Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery is designed as a concise and practical quick reference for the busy practitioner seeing chelonians as part of their caseload. Covering everything from species identification to common basic surgery for tortoises and freshwater turtles, the emphasis is on the more common and likely diagnoses. The first section of the book gives an overview of the basics of tortoise and semi-aquatic/ aquatic freshwater turtle husbandry and keeping, as well as a guide to general investigation and diagnostic techniques open to clinicians. The second section provides a clinical guide based on clinical signs and differential diagnoses. Based upon the experience of authors who have been practicing with these species for several decades, this book is a useful guide to veterinarians, students, veterinary nurses and technicians new to working with these fascinating creatures. It will also serve as a useful aide memoire to more experienced clinicians.
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John Chitty BVetMed, CertZooMed, CBiol, MSB, MRCVS John is a director of a small animal and exotics practice in Andover, UK with a 100% avian and exotics caseload. He works with several zoological collections and has lectured and published widely on a variety of avian and exotic species as well as co-editing two avian texts. Aidan Raftery MVB, CertZooMed, CBiol, MSB, MRCVS Aidan is currently the clinical director of the Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic in Manchester, UK. He is a visiting lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College, UK, and has produced many chapters for textbooks on exotic animal medicine and surgery. He is also a regular presenter at conferences and at continuing education events for veterinary surgeons.
Preface Part I Introduction 1 Biology 2 Husbandry 3 Practice Needs 4 Examination 5 Basic Techniques 6 General Anaesthesia 7 Imaging 8 Surgery 9 Clinical Pathology Part II Presentations 10 Anorexia 11 Diarrhoea 12 Dyspnoea 13 Otitis Media/Aural Abscess 14 Egg Retention/Dystocia 15 Fallen in Pond 16 Follicular Stasis 17 Orthopaedics 18 Fractures of the Shell 19 Hepatic Lipidosis 20 Lameness 21 Lethargy 22 Soft Tissue Masses 23 Nasal Discharge 24 Ocular and Conjunctival/Palpebral Swelling 25 Ocular Opacities and Blindness 26 Generalised Oedema or Anasarca 27 Inflammation of the Oral (Stomatitis) and Pharyngeal Areas 28 External Parasites 29 Internal Parasites 30 Peeling Skin or Shell 31 Prolapse 32 Shell Disease 33 Skin Ulceration 34 Soft Tissue Trauma 35 Swimming Problems 36 Swollen Limbs 37 Uroliths 38 Vomiting and Regurgitation 39 Metabolic Bone Diseases 40 Shell Deformities Appendix 1 Formulary Appendix 2 Haematological Normals Appendix 3 Toxicoses Index
