内容简介
ThisbookupdatescompletelytheinformationonbirdsofpreyandpigeonsanddovesfoundintheBSAVAManualofRaptors,PigeonsandWaterfowl,publishedtwelveyearsago.TheadventofthenewBSAVAManualofFarmPets,whichencompasseswaterfowl,hasallowedachangeinfocustofeaturepasserinebirdsindetailforthefirsttime.TheManualstartswiththeall-importantareaofhusbandryforthethreegroups,includingthosekeptasworkingbirdsaswellasornamentalandpetspecies.Moregeneraltopics,suchashandling,examination,diagnosticproceduresandsurgeryaredealtwithacrossthegroups,withnotesasrequiredonspecificdifferences.Anexcellentchapterisincludedonendoscopyandendosurgery-amajortechniqueforavianpatients.Thespecialistsectiononraptordiseaseisverydetailed,includinganin-depthchapteronfootdisease,especiallybumblefoot.Recentinterestincaptivebreedingisreflectedindetailedchaptersonreproductionandpaediatrics.Thesectionsdedicatedtopigeonsandpasserinebirdslookatbirdsatboththeindividualandflocklevel.Awealthofinternationalexpertauthors,andtheBSAVAManualtrademarkpracticalapproachandsuperbfull-colourimagesthroughoutmakethisbookawonderfuladditiontothepracticebookshelf.
作者简介
JohnChitty-BVetMedCertZooMedMRCVSQualifiedfromtheRoyalVeterinaryCollege,London,in1990andobtainedhisRCVSCertificateinZoologicalMedicinein2000.Heworksasapartnerinasmallanimal/exoticspracticeinHampshire,wherehiscaseloadisapproximately90%exotic(avian/smallmammal/zoo),featuringbothfirst-opinionandreferralcases.HeistheUKrepresentativetotheBoardofDirectorsoftheAssociationofAvianVeterinarians(AAV),SecretarytotheEuropeanBoardoftheAAV,PresidentoftheVeterinaryInvertebrateSocietyandChairmanoftheBritishWildlifeRehabilitationCouncil.Heco-editedtheBSAVAManualofPsittacineBirds,2ndeditionandiscurrentlyco-editoroftheJournaloftheAssociationofExoticMammalVeterinarians.MichaelLierz-Dr.med.vetDZooMed(avian)MRCVSGraduatedfromtheveterinaryschoolinHannover,Germany,in1996andearnedhisdoctoratetitlebythesisfromtheFreeUniversityofBerlin,workingondiseasesandrehabilitationofraptors.Following4yearsasDirectoroftheAbuDhabiFalconResearchHospitalintheUnitedArabEmirateshereturnedtotheFreeUniversityofBerlinin2001.HeiscurrentlyworkingasascientificassistantattheInstituteforPoultryDiseases,leadingthedepartmentforzooandpetbirds.Heismainlyinvolvedinclinicalwork,butalsoinepidemiology,diagnosisofinfectiousdiseases,flockmanagementandlecturing.Hisspecialistinterestsareinmycoplasmasandzoonoticdiseases.HeholdstheRCVSDiplomatestatusinZoologicalMedicine(avian)andisanRCVSrecognizedspecialistinZooandWildlifeMedicine.InGermanyheholdsspecialiststatusinPoultryandAvianMedicine,ZooandWildlifeMedicine,Microbiology,andSpeciesConservation.
