Reptile Medicine and Surgery in Clinical Practice

Bob Doneley is an Associate Professor and Head of the Avian and Exotic Pet Service at the School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Australia. Deborah Monks is the principal of the Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Service, Australia. Robert Johnson is the principal of the South Penrith Veterinary Clinic, Australia. Brendan Carmel is the principal of the Warranwood Veterinary Centre, Australia.

“There are 33 chapters covering everything from anatomy and husbandry, to diseases, imaging, nutrition and surgery. Diseases have been covered in chapters dedicated to systems [...] There are two absolute standouts of this book that I haven’t encountered in many other books before. There are two successive chapters on ‘Setting Up and Equipping a Reptile Practice’ and ‘The Reptile Consultation’, which provide beautiful guiding principles for getting into this growing field, right down to marketing of the service. The second standout is chapter 17: ‘Differential Diagnoses: A Problem-Based Approach’. The chapter runs for 36 pages and contains nothing but lists of differentials for common presenting signs of the four major reptile taxa: snakes, lizards, chelonians and crocodilians. Every major disease text should contain such a chapter and I cannot wait until the authors release the searchable app for this. [...] The text probably won’t contain the level of information a reptilian disease researcher might covet, but would be perfect for the general practitioner looking to start in reptiles, the general practitioner faced with a single question from a keen owner, the already established reptile expert and most certainly would be perfect for those veterinarians embarking upon membership examinations to Australian and New Zealand College in exotic pet medicine.”Australian Veterinary Journal Volume 97 No 10, October 2019

• List of Contributors xiPreface xv1 Taxonomy and Introduction to Common Species 1Bob Doneley2 Anatomy and Physiology of Reptiles 15Bairbre O’Malley3 Behaviour in the Wild and in Captivity 33Robert Johnson4 Husbandry and Nutrition 45Michelle Kischinovsky, Aidan Raftery and Shivananden Sawmy5 Enclosure Design 61Michael McFadden, Deborah Monks, Bob Doneley and Robert Johnson6 Lighting 75Frances M. Baines7 Reproduction 91Timothy J. Portas8 Reptile Paediatrics 105Deborah Monks and Bob Doneley9 Setting Up and Equipping a Reptile Practice 115Bob Doneley, Shane Simpson, Angela M. Lennox and John Chitty10 The Reptile Consultation 125Bob Doneley and Brendan Carmel11 Diagnostic Testing 135Rachel E. Marschang, Frank Pasmans, Tim Hyndman, Mark Mitchell and An Martel12 Diagnostic Imaging 145Zden¨§k Knotek, Shane Simpson and Paolo Martelli13 Clinical Techniques and Supportive Care 159Kimberly Vinette Herrin14 Reptile Pharmacology 175Tim Hyndman15 Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 185Brendan Carmel and Robert Johnson16 Infectious Diseases and Immunology 197Tim Hyndman and Rachel E. Marschang17 Differential Diagnoses: A Problem©\Based Approach 217Helen McCracken, Brendan Carmel, John Chitty, Bob Doneley, Robert Johnson, Angela M. Lennox, Deborah Monks and Annabelle Olsson18 Disorders of the Integument 255Linda Vogelnest19 Diseases of the Gastrointestinal System 273Robert Johnson and Bob Doneley20 Diseases of the Cardiovascular System 287Tegan Stephens and Alex Rosenwax21 Diseases of the Respiratory System 299Melinda L. Cowan22 Disorders of the Reproductive System 307Timothy J. Portas23 Diseases of the Urinary Tract 323Peter Holz24 Diseases of the Nervous System 331Hamish Baron and David N. Phalen25 Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System 345Adolf K. Maas26 Diseases of the Organs of Special Senses 357Alex Rosenwax and Tegan Stephens27 Analgesia and Anaesthesia 369Annabelle Olsson and Mark Simpson28 Surgery 383Zden¨§k Knotek and Stacey Leonatti Wilkinson29 Turtle Shell Repair 397Jane Roffey and Sasha Miles30 Necropsy 409Catherine M. Shilton31 Reptile Parasitology in Health and Disease 425Jan Šlapeta, David Modrý, Robert Johnson32 Nursing the Reptile Patient 441Gary Fitzgerald and Emma Whitlock33 Euthanasia 449Tim HyndmanAppendix 1: Formulary 453Appendix 2: Reference Intervals for Commonly Kept Reptile Species 473Index 481