Librería Servicio Médico

Author:   Murray E. Fowler

Language: English

Finishing: Hardcover, 488 pages

ISBN:  978-0-8138-1432-2

Edtition Number: 3/2008 

Author Information

Murray E. Fowler is Professor Emeritus of Zoological Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis. Most recently he has served as a consultant to zoos and circuses, especially for camelids and elephants.

Description

Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals offers an introduction to the basic principles of animal restraint and an overview of techniques for vertebrate wild and domestic animals. Fully updated throughout, the third edition also includes new chapters on understanding behavior, training for restraint and handling, and animal welfare and restraint. Now in full color, the third edition of this classic reference is an invaluable tool to recognizing potential danger in restraint and reducing stress in the animal.

Table of Contents 

1. Introduction, 5

2. Tools of Restraint, 11

3. Rope Work, 25

4. Thermoregulation, 45

5. Understanding Behavior for Restraint Purposes, 53

6. Training for Restraint Procedures, 59

7. Stress, 65

8. Animal Welfare Concerns During Restraint, 69

9. Medical Problems During Restraint, 73

10. Horses, Donkeys, Mules, 97

11. Cattle and Other Domestic Bovids, 117

12. Sheep and Goats, 139

13. Swine, 149

14. Camelids, 161

15. Dogs, 181

16. Cats, 193

17. Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits, 199

18. Poultry and Waterfowl, 209

19. Delivery Systems, 219

20. Chemical Restraint, 227

21. Monotremes and Marsupials, 249

22. Small Mammals, 257

23. Carnivores, 275

24. Nonhuman Primates, 293

25. Marine Mammals, 307

26. Elephants, 321

27. Other Megavertebrates (Hoofed Stock), 343

28. Hoofed Stock (Other than the Megavertebrates), 355

29. Birds, 377

30. Reptiles, 411

31. Amphibians and Fish, 439

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