Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Chapter 9 Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Robert G. Sherding ETIOLOGY • Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a member of the lentivirus subfamily of retroviruses. It is an RNA virus with outer…
Feline Leukemia Virus
Chapter 8 Feline Leukemia Virus Robert G. Sherding ETIOLOGY Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is an RNA retrovirus that is a transmitted both vertically (mother to fetus) and horizontally (cat to…
Practical Methods of Anesthesia
Chapter 2 Practical Methods of Anesthesia John A.E. Hubbell Anesthesia is an integral part of the practice of companion animal medicine. In addition to surgical applications, some form of anesthesia…
Avian Deflighting Techniques
Chapter 65 Avian Deflighting Techniques R. Avery Bennett, Katrin Baumgartner Over the years, various procedures have been developed to prevent flight in birds, either to improve their quality of life…
Suidae and Tayassuidae (Wild Pigs, Peccaries)
Chapter 58 Suidae and Tayassuidae (Wild Pigs, Peccaries) Meg Sutherland-Smith Biology The families Suidae (swine) and Tayassuidae (peccaries) are nonruminating ungulates belonging to the Suina clade or suborder within the…
New World and Old World Monkeys
Chapter 37 New World and Old World Monkeys Paul P. Calle, Janis Ott Joslin The primate order may be broadly divided into prosimians, New World (NW) and Old World (OW)…
Great Apes
Chapter 38 Great Apes Hayley Weston Murphy Biology Great apes are a taxonomic family of primates classified as Hominidae and include seven living species in four genera: chimpanzees and bonobos…
Bovidae (Except Sheep and Goats) and Antilocapridae
Chapter 63 Bovidae (Except Sheep and Goats) and Antilocapridae Barbara A. Wolfe General Biology Formerly classified in the order Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulates have been reclassified, on the basis of recent…
Prosimians
Chapter 36 Prosimians Cathy V. Williams Biology Prosimian primates are composed of lemurs, lorises, pottos, and galagos. The classification of primates remains somewhat controversial, and taxonomic structure continues to be…
