Javier G. Nevarez - Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult - Reptile and Amphibian

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9 Section I: Introduction Introduction to Reptile Medicine Anatomy and Physiology of Reptiles METABOLISM BRUMATION INTEGUMENT SKELETAL SYSTEM CARDIOVASCULAR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEPATIC SYSTEM URINARY SYSTEM REPRODUCTION IMMUNE SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSES Suggested Reading UVB Lighting Principles for Captive Reptiles UVB LIGHT AND VITAMIN D3 CHOOSING UVB LIGHTING METAL HALIDE BULBS UVB REDUCTION SELECTING BULBS BASED ON SPECIES MEASURING UVB CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION SUMMARY GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UVB LIGHTING IN REPTILE ENCLOSURES Suggested Reading Anatomy and Physiology of Amphibians METABOLISM ANATOMY CARDIOVASCULAR VENIPUNCTURE SITES IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPIRATORY SYSTEM INTESTINAL TRACT LIVER URINARY SYSTEM REPRODUCTION NERVOUS SYSTEM UVB Lighting Principles for Captive Amphibians UVB LIGHT AND VITAMIN D3 CHOOSING UVB LIGHTING UVB REDUCTION SELECTING BULBS BASED ON SPECIES MEASURING UVB CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION SUMMARY GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UVB LIGHTING IN AMPHIBIAN ENCLOSURES Suggested Reading

10 Section II: Chelonians AbscessesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading AdenovirusBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading AnemiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading AnorexiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Aural AbscessesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading BalantidiumBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading BuphthalmosBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Cardiac DiseaseBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Cloacal ProlapseBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading ConjunctivitisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading CryptosporidiumBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading DiarrheaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading DystociaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Egg Yolk CoelomitisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS EimeriaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading EntamoebaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading ExophthalmiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Follicular StasisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading GoutBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Hepatic LipidosisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading HerpesvirusesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading HexamitaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading HyperglycemiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Hypervitaminosis ABASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading HypoglycemiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Hypovitaminosis ABASICS DIAGNOSTICS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Hypovitaminosis BBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading IridovirusesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading IsosporaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading LeukemiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Lower Respiratory Tract DiseasesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading LymphomaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading MycobacteriosisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading MycoplasmosisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading MyiasisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Nannizziopsis MycosesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Nutritional Secondary HyperparathyroidismBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading NyctotherusBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Other HyalohyphomycosesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading OxyuridsBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading PapillomavirusBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading PentastomesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading PhaeohyphomycosesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Phallus ProlapseBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading PseudogoutBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading RegurgitationBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Renal Secondary HyperparathyroidismBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading SalmonellosisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading SaprolegniasisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Disease (SCUD)BASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Shell FracturesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Squamous Cell CarcinomaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading StomatitisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Thermal BurnsBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading TicksBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Upper Respiratory Tract DiseaseBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading UrolithiasisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading VomitingBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Weight LossBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Yeast InfectionsBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW-UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading

11 Section III: Lizards AbscessesBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading AdenovirusBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading AnemiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading AnorexiaBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading BalantidiumBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading BuphthalmosBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Cardiac DiseaseBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Carotid AneurysmBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading Cloacal ProlapseBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested Reading ConjunctivitisBASICS DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT MEDICATIONS FOLLOW‐UP MISCELLANEOUS Suggested