This book contains 29 chapters on the clinical signs, laboratory diagnosis and diagnostic techniques for medical conditions in ferrets, procyonids, skunks, rabbits, rats and mice, hamsters and gerbils, guineapigs, chinchillas, degus, viscachas, capybaras, squirrels, marsupials, hedgehogs,...
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, USA
Citation
Exotic animal laboratory diagnosis, 2020, pp 648 pp.
Reptiles and amphibians are exceptional hosts for different ectoparasites, including mites and ticks. In this study, we investigated tick infestations on reptiles and amphibians trapped in Central Amazonia, and also assessed the presence of rickettsial infections in the collected ticks. From...
Author(s)
Dantas-Torres, F.; Picelli, A. M.; Sales, K. G. da S.; Sousa-Paula, L. C. de; Mejia, P.; Kaefer, I. L.; Viana, L. A.; Pessoa, F. A. C.
Publisher
Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2021, 86, 1, pp 129-144
A growing number of reptiles are being kept as companion animals in private households, and this has resulted in a concomitant rise in welfare concerns. Poor welfare has been linked to a lack of the emotional attachment in other groups. The aim of this study was to investigate owner attachment to...
Author(s)
Haddon, C.; Burman, O. H. P.; Assheton, P.; Wilkinson, A.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Anthrozoös, 2021, 34, 5, pp 739-749
Reptiles are carriers of Salmonella and can intermittently shed bacteria in their faeces. Contact with snakes and lizards is a source of human salmonellosis. Here, two populations of reptiles, wild and captive were surveyed for Salmonella. One hundred thirty wild-caught reptiles were sampled for ...
Author(s)
McWhorter, A.; Owens, J.; Valcanis, M.; Olds, L.; Myers, C.; Smith, I.; Trott, D.; McLelland, D.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Zoonoses and Public Health, 2021, 68, 5, pp 402-412
This work describes the geographical distribution, ecology, population dynamics, capture, trade, welfare and conservation of ball pythons (Python regius), gray parrots (Psittacus erithacus and Psittacus timneh), emperor scorpions (Pandinus imperator), leopard tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis),...
Publisher
World Animal Protection, London, UK
Citation
Exploiting Africa's wildlife: the Big '5' and Little '5', 2019, pp 22 pp.
The welfare aspects (on housing and management) of other pet animals such as small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other invertebrates are discussed.
ISBN
2021 CABI (H ISBN 9781789249835)
Apicomplexa is a phylum that includes all parasitic protozoa sharing unique ultrastructural features. Haemogregarines are sophisticated apicomplexan blood parasites with an obligatory heteroxenous life cycle and haplohomophasic alternation of generations. Haemogregarines are common blood parasites...
Author(s)
Al-Quraishy, S.; Abdel-Ghaffar, F.; Dkhil, M. A.; Abdel-Gaber, R.
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
Animals, 2021, 11, 1,
In this chapter the anatomical and physiological features of the skeletal system, cardiovascular, respiratory system, digestive, urinary system, reproduction, and integuments of reptiles and fishes were discussed.
Author(s)
Aspinall, V.; Cappello, M.; Phillips, C.
ISBN
2020 CABI (H ISBN 9781789241150)
This work contains information on the aetiology, epidemiology, prevalence, transmission, risk factors, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, control and recommendations for viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic zoonotic diseases in rodents (rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, guineapigs and ...
Author(s)
Varela, K.; Brown, J. A.; Lipton, B.; Dunn, J.; Stanek, D.; Behravesh, C. B.; Chapman, H.; Conger, T. H.; Vanover, T.; Edling, T.; Holzbauer, S.; Lennox, A. M.; Lindquist, S.; Loerzel, S.; Mehlenbacher, S.; Mitchell, M.; Murphy, M.; Olsen, C. W.; Yager, C. M.
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., New Rochelle, USA
Citation
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2022, 22, 6, pp 303-360
This issue contains topics on exotic animal practice and a general update of new and emerging animal diseases; emerging infectious diseases of rabbits, chelonians, honey bees, ferrets, chinchillas, snakes, lizards, wild birds, amphibians, ornamental fishes and hedgehogs; cystine urolithiasis in...
Author(s)
Wyre, N. R.; Chen, S.
Publisher
Saunders, An Imprint of Elsevier, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, 2020, 23, 2, pp 249-470