Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 5e [Hardcover]

Murray E. Fowler DVM DACZM DACVIM DABVT (Author), R. Eric Miller DVM DACZM (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 17, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0721694993 | ISBN-13: 978-0721694993 | Edition: 5

This thoroughly revised, up-to-date text covers diagnosis and treatment of all zoo and wild animals, including amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and camelidae. Logically organized by species, the consistent, user-friendly format addresses an animal's biology, unique anatomy, special physiology, restraint and handling, special housing requirements, feeding, surgery and anesthesia, diagnostics, and diseases. Multinational contributors bring their expertise related to many of the species from countries outside of North America.

• Covers all species in one comprehensive, complete resource.
• Emphasizes restraint and handlings, an extremely important topic that helps the veterinarian determine if physical or chemical restraint is necessary.
• Global authorship includes multinational contributors who offer expert information on different species from around the world.
• Excellent tables provide quick reference to key points in the chapters.
• Information on husbandry addresses caging various species depending on climate, type of display, etc.
• New information on reproduction in captive wild animals examines complex problems dealing with reproduction in species whose numbers may be dwindling rapidly.
• Important information on nutrition and feeding helps the veterinarian develop proper dietary management.

• Formerly part of the Current Therapy titles series, this edition features an all-new format that covers all appropriate species and all therapies, making it more comprehensive and useful.
• Logical, user-friendly organization arranges material by species.
• All material in this thorough revision is new to this edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Murray E. Fowler, DVM, Professor Emeritus, Zoological Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA; and R. Eric Miller, DVM, Director of Animal Health and Conservation, Saint Louis Zoo, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO

Product Details

• Hardcover: 992 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 5 edition (June 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721694993
• ISBN-13: 978-0721694993
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #940,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointingly limited by format, September 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 5e (Hardcover)

Numbers 3 and 4 of this series were updates of specific topics, much like the "current veterinary therapy" series. This, like Editions 1 and 2, attempts to cover all of zoo medicine in one volume. As this is a rapidly expanding body of knowledge, it is no longer really possible to fit into a single volume. There are very brief overviews of each species without enough depth present- this is not due to the authors, but the format. Especially disappointing is the apparent limitation on the number of references for each section. Providing references on where to look for further information would have made this book much more useful. Hopefully future editions will either show a return to the topic oriented format of 3 and 4, be a multi-volume set containing enough information to be useful, or at least contain sufficient references to be useful as a good bibliography.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars similar to 1st edition, July 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 5e (Hardcover)

This text is basically a new, up-to-date version of the 1st edition of Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine (which is out of print and difficult to come by). For that reason I think it is wonderful.
I do think the editor's review is slightly misleading because there is very little information regarding specific diagnoses and their treatments. Instead there are lists of diseases which different species are prone to getting and formulary charts for the different species. If you want detailed information about a specific disease, diagnostics, and various treatment options, this book is not ideal.
What this book is great for: species biology, husbandry, basic zoo medicine...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The most disappointing book in the series..., December 27, 2004

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TomM (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 5e (Hardcover)

When this book first came out, I thought it would be great. I was very disappointed by the brevity and superficial coverage of the chapters. This book, in order to be a truly comprehensive reference, should have been three times as big. This is the first time that a new edition is actually less useful than an older edition (Fowler 2 is a lot better!). The quality of chapters is very variable, with some being excellent and some flat out atrocious. (The crocodilian chapter is the best example of a "lacking" chapter). There are also a lot of typos (different spelling for some drug names) and inaccurate doses, which is disappointing. There are a lot of tables that are neither user-friendly nor clinically useful. However, this is one place to start with reference material to zoo animal species. It is not as nice as Fowler #2, but certainly more up to date and easier to acquire. It just has a "draft form" feel to it in content and editing. The book seems to be printed in a cheap quality paper that rips way too easily.