Marine Mammal Health and Disease (eBook)
211 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-21515-7 (ISBN)
A practical and authoritative reference for veterinary practitioners and technicians working with marine mammals in managed care or in free-ranging populations
In Marine Mammal Health and Disease, distinguished veterinarian researcher Dr. Julia Zaias delivers an up-to-date and practical discussion of how to assess health and disease in marine mammals. The author offers a foundational, high-level understanding of normal/baseline conditions, how this baselines is altered by infectious agents, environment, or the host itself, and how to diagnose these changes and diseases.
The book's chapters are logically organized by health assessment and management, environmental influences on health, the basis of marine mammal health, disease, and animal welfare. It covers cetaceans, sirenia, pinnipeds, and other marine carnivores, as well as the pathology of cells and tissues, the mechanisms of disease, inflammation, and etiologic disease factors.
Readers will also find:
- A thorough introduction to the basis of health and disease in marine animals
- Comprehensive explorations of health assessment and management, including clinical pathology and general preventative medicine and diagnostics
- Practical discussions of both marine mammals in managed care environments and free-ranging animals
- Complete treatments of environmental influences on health and disease in marine animals
Perfect for students in veterinary and veterinary tech programs, conservation biology and medicine students, and marine mammal conservationists, managers, and trainers, Marine Mammal Health and Disease will also benefit researchers, wildlife and zoological veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and aquarium specialists and facility staff.
Julia Zaias, PhD, DVM, is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Comparative Pathology Division of the Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida. She has over twenty years' experience researching and working in the areas of stranded cetacean response, rehabilitation, necropsy, and histopathology.
A practical and authoritative reference for veterinary practitioners and technicians working with marine mammals in managed care or in free-ranging populations In Marine Mammal Health and Disease, distinguished veterinarian researcher Dr. Julia Zaias delivers an up-to-date and practical discussion of how to assess health and disease in marine mammals. The author offers a foundational, high-level understanding of normal/baseline conditions, how this baselines is altered by infectious agents, environment, or the host itself, and how to diagnose these changes and diseases. The book s chapters are logically organized by health assessment and management, environmental influences on health, the basis of marine mammal health, disease, and animal welfare. It covers cetaceans, sirenia, pinnipeds, and other marine carnivores, as well as the pathology of cells and tissues, the mechanisms of disease, inflammation, and etiologic disease factors. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the basis of health and disease in marine animalsComprehensive explorations of health assessment and management, including clinical pathology and general preventative medicine and diagnosticsPractical discussions of both marine mammals in managed care environments and free-ranging animalsComplete treatments of environmental influences on health and disease in marine animals Perfect for students in veterinary and veterinary tech programs, conservation biology and medicine students, and marine mammal conservationists, managers, and trainers, Marine Mammal Health and Disease will also benefit researchers, wildlife and zoological veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and aquarium specialists and facility staff.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.7.2025 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Veterinärmedizin |
| Schlagworte | cetacean disease • cetacean health • marine carnivore disease • marine carnivore health • Marine mammal disease • marine mammal disease book • marine mammal health book • pinniped disease • pinniped health • sirenia disease • sirenia health |
| ISBN-10 | 1-394-21515-0 / 1394215150 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-394-21515-7 / 9781394215157 |
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