Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 226 mm x 283 mm, Gewicht: 1708 g
ISBN: 978-0-8138-1758-3
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL
Coverage includes sponges, jellyfish, anemones, corals, mollusks, starfish, sea urchins, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, and many more, with chapters organized by taxonomy. New chapters provide information on reef systems, honeybees, butterfly houses, conservation, welfare, and sources of invertebrates and supplies. Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition is an essential resource for veterinarians in zoo animal, exotic animal and laboratory animal medicine; public and private aquarists; and aquaculturists.
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Chapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Porifera.Chapter 3. Coelenterates.Chapter 4. Reef Systems (new chapter to focus on corals/other marine 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; separate chapter now appropriate).Chapter 25. Welfare (new chapter).Appendix A. Sources of invertebrates and supplies (new appendix).Appendix B. Neoplasia.Appendix C. Reportable Diseases