Chapter 82 Practical Aspects of Ruminant Intensive Care Nadine Lamberski, Jeanette Fuller Ruminant intensive care often requires intervention, even before a diagnosis is made. The patient’s condition may be from…
Chapter 26 Quarantine of Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates in Public Display Aquaria Catherine Hadfield Quarantine reduces the risk of introducing infectious diseases into established collections. For fish and aquatic invertebrates,…
Chapter 73 Management of Cryptosporidiosis in a Hoofstock Contact Area Edward C. Ramsay Cryptosporidium spp. are protozoal enteric parasites of many vertebrate groups. Several but not all cryptosporidia species are…
Chapter 69 Elephant Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine Martha A. Weber, Michele A. Miller Captive reproduction of elephants has had increasing success because of improved husbandry, medical and reproductive assessments, and…
Chapter 70 Treatment of Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Ellen Wiedner, Lauren L. Howard, Ramiro Isaza Although the number of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) cases continues to increase, the survivor list has…
Chapter 3 Conservation Medicine for Zoo Veterinarians Richard Jakob-Hoff, Kristin S. Warren The new scientific discipline of conservation medicine is rapidly gaining acceptance as a framework that encompasses the complexity…
Chapter 64 Ocular Disease and Suspected Causes in Captive Pinnipeds Laurie J. Gage Ocular disease is one of the most common medical problems observed in captive pinnipeds, with a disproportionally…
Chapter 15 Children’s Zoo Medicine Zoonoses Stephanie B. James This chapter is a general overview of common zoonotic diseases, diseases that may be transmitted from animal to human that are…
Chapter 54 Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Kenneth N. Cameron, Patricia E. Reed Definition and Cause Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) is a hemorrhagic disease of humans and nonhuman primates caused by the…
Chapter 45 Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus Epidemiology in Wild Birds, Zoo Outbreaks, and Zoo Vaccination Policy Martin Gilbert, Joost Philippa Influenza A viruses are a genus of highly variable, negative-strand…
