Practical wildlife care / Les Stocker.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 335 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781405127493 (pbk.) :
- 9781405127493 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 639.96 STO
- SF996.45 .S755 2005
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 639.96 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00214041 |
Previous ed.: Oxford: Blackwell Science. 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-329) and index.
1.Prime directives -- 2.First response -- 3.Fluid therapy/part I: building blocks -- 4.Fluid therapy/Part II.Administration -- 5.Wounds management/Part I: the biology wounds -- 6.Wound managment/Part II: the treatment of wounds -- 7.Biology and first aid of fractures -- 8.Fracture managmenent -- 9.Avian wildlife disease -- 11.Garden birds -- 12.Pigeons -- 13.Game birds -- 14.Corvids -- 15.Water birds - ducks -- 16.Water birds -- Swans - 17.Geese and other water birds -- 18.Birds of prey -- 19.Seabirds -- 20.Hand-rearing orphaned birds -- 21.Small mammals -- 22.Hedgehogs -- 23.Rabbits and hares -- 24.Red fox -- 25.Badgers -- 26.Other mustelids.
This user-friendly text offers advice to the veterinary nurse on how to care for and administer aid to wildlife casualties. The material is presented in the context of current thinking that sets out to save such casualties rather than use euthanasia.