Lewbart Invertebrate Medicine

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-96078-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten, E-Book

Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition offers a thoroughupdate to the most comprehensive book on invertebrate husbandry andveterinary care. Including pertinent biological data forinvertebrate species, the book's emphasis is on providingstate-of-the-art information on medicine and the clinicalcondition. Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition is aninvaluable guide to the medical care of both captive and wildinvertebrate animals.
Coverage includes sponges, jellyfish, anemones, corals,mollusks, starfish, sea urchins, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp,hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, and many more, with chaptersorganized by taxonomy. New chapters provide information on reefsystems, honeybees, butterfly houses, conservation, welfare, andsources of invertebrates and supplies. Invertebrate Medicine,Second Edition is an essential resource for veterinarians inzoo animal, exotic animal and laboratory animal medicine; publicand private aquarists; and aquaculturists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewbart, Gregory A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Porifera.
Chapter 3. Coelenterates.
Chapter 4. Reef Systems (new chapter to focus on corals/othermarine invertebrates in captivity.
Chapter 5. Platyhelminths.
Chapter 6. Gastropods.
Chapter 7. Cephalopods.
Chapter 8. Bivalves.
Chapter 9. Annelids.
Chapter 10. Limulus.
Chapter 11. Spiders.
Chapter 12. Scorpions.
Chapter 13. Crustaceans.
Chapter 14. Myriapods.
Chapter 15. Insects.
Chapter 16. Honey Bees (new chapter).
Chapter 17. Butterfly Houses(new chapter).
Chapter 18. Nematodes.
Chapter 19. Chaetognaths.
Chapter 20. Echinoderms.
Chapter 21. Urochordates.
Chapter 22. Diagnostic Techniques and Sample Handling.
Chapter 23. Laws and Regulations.
Chapter 24. Euthanasia (1E covered as an appendix; separatechapter now appropriate).
Chapter 25. Welfare (new chapter).
Appendix A. Sources of invertebrates and supplies (newappendix).
Appendix B. Neoplasia.
Appendix C. Reportable Diseases

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory A. Lewbart, MS, VMD, Dipl. ACZM, is Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University.