Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 502
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition offers a thorough update to the most comprehensive book on invertebrate husbandry and veterinary care.  Including pertinent biological data for invertebrate species, the book’s emphasis is on providing state-of-the-art information on medicine and the clinical condition.  Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition is an invaluable guide to the medical care of both captive and wild invertebrate animals.

Coverage includes sponges, jellyfish, anemones, corals, mollusks, starfish, sea urchins, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, and many more, with chapters organized by taxonomy. New chapters provide information on reef systems, honeybees, butterfly houses, conservation, welfare, and sources of invertebrates and supplies. Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition is an essential resource for veterinarians in zoo animal, exotic animal and laboratory animal medicine; public and private aquarists; and aquaculturists.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 3–6): Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 2 Sponges (pages 7–20): Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 3 Coelenterates (pages 21–56): Michael K. Stoskopf
Chapter 4 Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health (pages 57–75): Wade Lehmann
Chapter 5 Turbellarians (pages 77–93): Michael S. Bodri
Chapter 6 Gastropods (pages 95–111): Roxanna Smolowitz
Chapter 7 Cephalopods (pages 113–125): Joseph M. Scimeca
Chapter 8 Bivalves (pages 127–151): Jay F. Levine, Mac Law and Flavio Corsin
Chapter 9 Annelids (pages 153–171): Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 10 Horseshoe Crabs (pages 173–185): Stephen A. Smith
Chapter 11 Spiders (pages 187–221): Romain Pizzi
Chapter 12 Scorpions (pages 223–234): Fredric L. Frye
Chapter 13 Crustaceans (pages 235–254): Edward J. Noga, Amy L. Hancock and Robert A. Bullis
Chapter 14 Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes) (pages 255–265): John R. Chitty
Chapter 15 Insects (pages 267–283): John E. Cooper
Chapter 16 Honeybees (pages 285–321): Nicolas Vidal?Naquet
Chapter 17 Butterfly Houses (pages 323–334): John E. Cooper and Daniel S. Dombrowski
Chapter 18 Nematodes (pages 335–354): Michael S. Bodri
Chapter 19 Chaetognaths (Arrowworms) (pages 355–364): Laura Foster
Chapter 20 Echinoderms (pages 365–379): Craig A. Harms
Chapter 21 Urochordates (pages 381–388): Robert S. Bakal and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 22 Diagnostic Techniques and Sample Handling (pages 389–400): Ilze K. Berzins, Roxanna M. Smolowitz and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 23 Laws, Rules, and Regulating Agencies for Invertebrates: U.S. and International (pages 401–430): Daniel S. Dombrowski and Margaret E. Cooper
Chapter 24 Neoplasia (pages 431–439): Esther C. Peters, Roxanna M. Smolowitz and Taylor L. Reynolds
Chapter 25 Euthanasia (pages 441–443): Michael J. Murray
Chapter 26 Invertebrate Animal Welfare (pages 445–449): Trevor T. Zachariah
Chapter 27 Invertebrate Health Issues in Conservation (pages 451–462): Timothy R. New
Chapter 28 Sources of Invertebrates and Supplies (pages 463–470): Larry S. Christian
Chapter 29 Reportable Diseases of Invertebrates (pages 471–472): Gregory A. Lewbart