This chapter presents a checklist of key areas in husbandry that can help prevent or address problem behaviour in rabbits and rodents. As in previous chapters, the general advice given here applies to captive small mammals kept for any purpose, be they rabbits, rodents, or from other orders such as ...
Author(s)
Magnus, E.; McBride, A.
ISBN
2022 CABI (H ISBN 9781780643458)
The objective of this paper is to report the surgical repair of a femoral fracture in a ferret using an external skeletal fixation system type IA connected to an intramedullary pin (tie-in configuration). An adult ferret is referred to the veterinary hospital after being stepped on. The ferret was...
Author(s)
Camassa, J. A. de A.; Muzzi, L. A. L.; Kawamoto, F. Y. K.; Diogo, C. C.; Muzzi, R. A. L.; Lima, R. de; Saad, F. M. de O. B.
Publisher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Citation
Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2016, 44, Supplement, pp 131
Fourteen Adult ferrets of both sexes and ranging in weight from 800-1500 gm were used in this investigation. Six of the ferrets were anaesthetized and a midline abdominal incision made to expose the spleen. With the aid of a Hamilton syringe and needle, the spleen of each ferret was injected with...
Author(s)
Odekunle, A.; Bower, A. J.
Publisher
West Indian Veterinary Journal, School of Veterinary Medicine, St.Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Citation
West Indian Veterinary Journal, 2005, 5, 1, pp 10-15
Case Description - A 4-year-old castrated male domestic ferret from central Massachusetts was evaluated for weight loss over a 1.5-month period and for 2 days of retching, diarrhea, and signs of lethargy. It had been housed indoors, with 2 other ferrets, 2 cats, and humans that lacked signs or...
Author(s)
Eshar, D.; Mayer, J.; Parry, N. M.; Williams-Fritze, M. J.; Bradway, D. S.
Publisher
American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, USA
Citation
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2010, 236, 7, pp 770-774
The first report of ultrasound evaluation in pacas was for gestational diagnosis and monitoring. However, there are no reports of the use of this technique for the evaluation of abdominal structure in pacas. Elucidating the biology of wild species is important for preservation and potential use as...
Author(s)
Feliciano, M. A. R.; Barros, F. F. P. da C.; Coutinho, L. N.; Brito, M. B. S. de; Uscategui, R. R.; Santos, V. J. C.; Almeida, V. T. de; Kawanami, A. E.; Nociti, R. P.; Machado, M. R. F.; Vicente, W. R. R.
Publisher
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Veterinária, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Citation
Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2014, 42, pp 1235
This book contains a brief introduction to the concept of homeopathy and advice on how to use the book. The main body of text in the book is divided into two sections, the first covering conditions general to a whole range of animals. This first section covers accidents, emergencies and first aid,...
Publisher
Beaconsfield Publishers Ltd, Beaconsfield, UK
Citation
Everyday homeopathy for animals, 2004, pp i-xv + 479 pp.
The publication of Dr. Parish's monograph is welcome indeed. It gives in concise form the salient features of the communicable diseases of g. pigs, rabbits, mice, rats, hamsters, ferrets, monkeys, cats, dogs, pigeons and canaries. For quick reference it has no equal, provided it is remembered that...
Publisher
Edinburgh: E.& S. Livingstone Ltd.,
Citation
Notes on communicable diseases of laboratory animals., 1950, pp vii + 69 pp.
Paper 2 describes a pock-counting technique for titrating " egg passage influenza " virus. The diluted material is sown on to the chorio-allantoic membrane which after incubation develops focal lesions. The number of focal lesions represents the titre. It does not, however, represent the number of...
Publisher
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Citation
Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, 1936, 14, pp 241-246; 247-258
Cryptosporidiosis is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium (family Cryptosporidiidae, order Eucoccidiorida, subclass...
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by specific slow-growing species of bacteria of the Mycobacterium genus. TB can affect nearly all...