Publication Year: 2016
Author / Editor: Elizabeth Mullineaux and Emma Keeble (Editors)
Overview: This manual serves as a comprehensive guide for veterinary surgeons providing medical care, rehabilitation, and release services for British wildlife casualties. The second edition expands upon critical initial stages such as triage, capture, first aid, and wildlife crime investigation, while also offering detailed species- and group-specific care protocols.
Key Topics Covered:
Principles of capture, handling, transportation, wildlife triage, and decision-making
Emergency care, basic anaesthesia, initial captivity management, and hand-rearing young wild animals
Clinical pathology, post-mortem examinations, disease surveillance, and the investigation of wildlife crime
Species- and group-specific care covering wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians encountered in the UK
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