Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Veterinary considerations forthe rescue, treatment, rehabilitation and releaseof wildlife; 2 Veterinary aspects ofhand-rearingorphanedmarsupials; 3 Marine mammal strandingsand the role of theveterinarian; 4 Wildlife health investigationand a guide to necropsy; 5 Echidnas; 6 Platypuses; 7 Macropods; 8 Koalas; 9 Wombats; 10 Dasyurids; 11 Numbats; 12 Gliders and possums; 13 Bandicoots and bilbies; 14 Bats; 15 Rodents; 16 Dingoes; 17 Pinnipeds; 18 Cetaceans; 19 Dugongs; Appendix 1 Checklist of themammals of Australia and itsterritories
Summary
This will be the first text to provide veterinary clinicians and other scientists with up-to-date comprehensive information on the medical management of Australian mammals. It will be clinically oriented and will include information on aetiology, epidemiology, pathology, clinical signs and treatment of specific diseases
