Practical Wildlife Care (eBook)

Les Stocker (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2008 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-75044-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Wildlife care and rehabilitation is often on a one-to-one basis and involves a lot of time, care and skill. However, for many years, care of injured wildlife was regarded as a low priority and euthanasia was the recommended option. A lot has changed over the past twenty years and now caring for wildlife casualties is part of everyday life in many veterinary practices.

Following on from the major success of the first edition, this second edition provides even more useful information on wildlife care and rehabilitation. As well as covering a whole range of species, with sections on birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, this edition now includes information on many 'alien' species appearing in the British countryside such as wallabies, wild boar and exotic reptiles.

In this edition:

• Essential guidance on handling, first aid, feeding and releasing, and many other disciplines not featured in veterinary or nursing training
• Full of helpful tips from an expert in wildlife rehabilitation who has unparalleled practical experience
• Expanded chapters on the care of all species - particularly casualty badgers, otters and hedgehogs - and more comprehensive guidance on rearing orphaned mammals and birds
• Lots more colour pictures to aid in management and care techniques and the latest information on zoonotic diseases from around the world

Les Stocker MBE, HonAssocRCVS is the Founder of the Wildlife Hospital Trust, St. Tiggywinkles, Europe's first and the World's busiest wildlife teaching hospital. In 1990 he became a Laureate on winning the Rolex Award for Enterprise. In 1991 he was awarded an MBE for his services to wildlife and in 2002 was granted an Honorary Associateship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is author of a number of best selling books, papers, articles and writer of television programmes on wildlife rehabilitation and is accepted as one of the Country's leading experts on wildlife care.

Inhalt

Practical Wildlife Care 5
Contents 7
Foreword to the First Edition 9
Foreword to the Second Edition 11
Preface to the First Edition 13
Preface to the Second Edition 15
Acknowledgements 17
1 Prime Directives 19
2 First Response 31
3 Fluid Therapy Part I: Building Blocks 43
4 Fluid Therapy Part II: Administration 52
5 Wound Management Part I: The Biology of Wounds 61
6 Wound Management Part II: The Treatment of Wounds 68
7 Biology and First Aid of Fractures 78
8 Fracture Management 85
9 Avian Wildlife Disease 106
10 Mammalian Wildlife Disease 116
11 Garden Birds 126
12 Pigeons 138
13 Game Birds 147
14 Corvids 150
15 Water Birds – Ducks 154
16 Water Birds – Swans 161
17 Geese and Other Water Birds 169
18 Birds of Prey 177
19 Seabirds 189
20 Hand-rearing Orphaned Birds 201
21 Small Mammals 211
22 Hedgehogs 218
23 Rabbits and Hares 234
24 Red Fox 242
25 Badgers 250
26 Other Mustelids 262
27 Deer 271
28 Bats 286
29 Other Mammal Species 298
30 Rearing Orphaned Wild Mammals 305
31 Reptiles and Amphibians 321
Appendix 1 Bat Conservation Trust Guidelines on Handling Bats 330
Appendix 2 British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) Guidelines for Response to Cetacean Strandings 332
Appendix 3 Birds on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as of March 2004) 333
Appendix 4 The Law Relating to the Use and Possession of Airguns 335
Appendix 5 Suggested Record Sheet to Accompany Bat Samples to the Veterinary Laboratory 337
Appendix 6 Selected Rehabilitation Supplies and Suppliers 338
Appendix 7 Useful Addresses in Wildlife Rehabilitation 339
Appendix 8 Rehabilitation Protocol for Otters Contaminated with Oil 340
References and Further Reading 343
Index 348

Rezensionen

"Les Stocker's, Practical Wildlife Care, is
jam-packed with an incredible amount of information on wild animal
rehabilitation. Stocker's vast knowledge and experience with
wildlife reveals itself in every sentence of the book."
(Suite 101, February 2009)

"If the practice has used and found the first edition useful,
this updated edition adds to that resource. If, however, the
practice does not have any books on wildlife treatment, then this
is an excellent addition to the library." (Vet Times, December
2005)

"If the practice has used and found the first edition useful, this
updated edition adds to that resource. If, however, the practice
does not have any books on wildlife treatment, then this is an
excellent addition to the library."

Vet Times, December 2005

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: Care • casualties • Edition • Everyday • First • Information • Life • Lot • low priority • Major • many • onetoone basis • Option • Part • PAST • Pflege i. d. Veterinärmedizin • Pflege i. d. Veterinärmedizin • recommended • Rehabilitation • Time • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinary Medicine • Veterinary Medicine - Zoo & Wildlife • Veterinary Nursing & Animal Care • wildlife • years
• ISBN-10: 0-470-75044-8 / 0470750448
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-75044-5 / 9780470750445