\u003cp\u003eBringing together a globally diverse range of timely topics related to zoo and wild animals, \u003cb\u003eFowlerâs Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 9 \u003c/b\u003eis an invaluable tool for any professional working directly with wildlife and zoo animals. The textâs user-friendly format guides readers through biology, anatomy, and special physiology; reproduction; restraint and handling; housing requirements; nutrition and feeding; surgery and anesthesia; diagnostics, and therapeutics for each animal. Two new co-editors and a globally diverse group of expert contributors each lend their expertise on a wide range of new topics â including a new section on emerging wildlife diseases covering topics like MERS, Equine Herpesvirus, and Ebola in great apes. Other new topics integrated into this ninth volume include: stem cell therapy in zoo medicine, cardiac disease in great apes, disease risk assessment in field studies, Tasmanian devil tumors, and the latest information on the elephant herpes virus. With all its synthesized coverage of emerging trends, treatment protocols, and diagnostic updates new to the field, Fowlerâs is a reference you donât want to be without.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cli\u003eCurrent therapy format\u003c/b\u003e ensures that each CT volume in the series covers all new topics that are relevant at the time of publication. \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynthesized topics \u003c/b\u003eoffer the right amount of depth â often fewer than 10 pages â to maintain an accessible format. \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeneral taxon-based format \u003c/b\u003ecovers all terrestrial vertebrate taxa plus selected topics on aquatic and invertebrate taxa. \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpdated information from the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS) \u003c/b\u003ehas been incorporated to keep readers up to date on this worldwide system.\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlobally diverse panel of expert contributors \u003c/b\u003eeach incorporate the latest research and clinical management of captive and free-ranging wild animals throughout the world.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cli\u003eNEW!\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eTwo new co-editors\u003c/b\u003e (for a total of three editors) each lend their expertise on a wide range of new wild and zoo animal topics. \u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW!\u003c/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection on emerging wildlife diseases\u003c/b\u003e includes chapters on MERS, SARS, Ebola in great apes, and a variety of other emerging wildlife diseases.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e
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