NURSING & ANIMAL CARE
4: Hydrotherapy
CHAPTER 4Hydrotherapy Introduction Hydrotherapy allows the animal to exercise in water. The properties of water can provide an ideal environment to assist weak animals to regain motor function, or in…
Small Mammal Diagnostic Imaging
Figure 7.2 Dorsoventral view of a normal rabbit. (Fraser and Girling, 2009) The lungs show similar changes to dogs and cats when affected by infection. They are also one of…
Common Reptile and Amphibian Diseases
Figure 21.2 Ecdysis in a corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus guttatus). 1. Age of the reptile (younger animals shed more frequently as they are growing faster) 2. Nutritional status (high-protein and…
Reptile Diagnostic Imaging
Physical restraint Many of the more docile reptiles will remain motionless for long enough to take dorsoventral radiographs without the need for chemical restraint. The use of perspex or even…
Avian Diagnostic Imaging
Figure 15.2 Positioning for a standard ventrodorsal view radiograph in a bird. Positive contrast techniques Barium This is routinely used to highlight foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract, and to…
An Overview of Reptile and Amphibian Therapeutics
Physiological route for fluid intake Less risk of tissue trauma Home therapy possible Rapid administration Stressful with inexperienced handler No use in cases of digestive tract disease May damage stomach…
Basic Reptile and Amphibian Anatomy and Physiology
Suborder Serpentes (i.e., the snakes) suborder Lacertilia (i.e., the lizards) suborder Amphisbaenia (the worm-lizards) More recently the order Squamata has been divided into the: Suborder Iguania (containing the Agamids, Iguanids,…
Basic Avian Anatomy and Physiology
The family Anatidae, subfamily Anatinae, for example the mallard duck, shoveller, eider ducks and shelducks The family Anatidae, subfamily Anserinae, Tribe Anserini (swan and true geese), for example the mute,…