Diseases of Exotic Animals
Medical and Surgical Management
by Murray E. Fowler, William J. Boever
The foundational reference for veterinary care of non-domestic species — birds, reptiles, primates, marsupials, marine mammals, and everything in between. Fowler and Boever assembled the first comprehensive English- language text on the medical and surgical management of exotic animals, drawing on decades of zoo and wildlife practice.
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Jim's Review
Jim is, technically, an exotic animal, so he takes a professional interest in this one. Fowler and Boever wrote the book that taught a generation of veterinarians how to keep zoo and wildlife species alive, and it's still cited forty years later for a reason — the physiology doesn't change, even if the antibiotic protocols do. Not a casual read. This is a 700-page clinical reference with surgical diagrams, dosage tables, and necropsy protocols. But if you work with exotic species — falconer, wildlife rehabber, reptile keeper, vet tech — it is the book older colleagues will tell you to find a copy of. Newer editions of Fowler's separate "Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine" series have largely superseded it for current practice, but this is the original. Four worms, respectfully.
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