Chapter 33 Nutritional Factors Affecting Semen Quality in Felids Jogayle Howard, Mary E. Allen Proper nutrition is being increasingly recognized as a critical component of captive breeding programs for nondomestic…
Chapter 39 Capture and Anesthesia of Otariids in the Wild Alberto Parás Otariids are widely distributed in coastal regions throughout the world. The family Otariidae, in the order Pinnipedia, includes…
Chapter 50 Diseases of Chamois Christian Walzer BIOLOGY The chamois is an artiodactylid of the Bovidae family, Caprinae subfamily. Two species of chamois are described: Rupicapra pyrenaica occurs in the…
Chapter 43 Tuberculosis in Elephants Susan K. Mikota Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease of both humans and animals. Tuberculous scarring has been observed on bones from 21 of 48…
Chapter 45 Health Care and Management of Working Elephants in Myanmar (Burma) Sharon L. Deem, Wan Htun The conservation of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) is fraught with numerous challenges.3,12,20 The…
Chapter 51 Gastrointestinal Nematodiasis in Hoofstock Edmund Flach Species of perissodactylid and artiodactylid ungulates evolved to take advantage of the grasses, shrubs, trees, roots, tubers, and fruits on and below…
Chapter 27 Veterinary Care of Kiwi Wayne Boardman Endemic to New Zealand, kiwi are small to medium-sized, flightless, nocturnal birds.6 They may live in native forests, scrub, or rough tussock…
Chapter 37 Melioidosis in Marine Mammals Reimi E. Kinoshita Melioidosis is the disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei (previously Pseudomonas pseudomallei), a gram-negative bacillus. The closest relative to B. pseudomallei is…
Chapter 55 The Nutrition of “Browsers” Marcus Clauss, Ellen S. Dierenfeld Historically, “browsers”—whether leaf-eating primates, browsing ruminants, or browsing rhinoceroses—have often been considered difficult to maintain under conventional zoo feeding…
Chapter 13 Biopsy Darting William B. Karesh REMOTE BIOPSY TECHNIQUES The widespread use of biopsy punches adapted for remote sample collection began in the 1980s.1,11 The technique allows for the…
