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Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry

Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry

9781119545811
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Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry is the first book to offer a comprehensive reference to oral pathology and dental therapy in captive and wild exotic animals. Comprehensive in scope, the book is authored by noted experts on the topic who cover dental care for a broad range of species with an emphasis on oral health. Designed as a practical resource for treating exotic animals, the book is filled with instructive photographs and illustrations that clearly depict pathologies and demonstrate techniques.  

The book draws on the editors’ and contributors’ years of experience with exotic animals to offer a reliable resource to the history of veterinary dentistry, information on the evolution of teeth, practical dental therapeutics, and oral descriptions for each of the more than three hundred species included in the book.  Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry covers a wide range of zoo and wild species, including cats, bears, primates, dogs, raccoons, weasels, hyenas, marsupials, herbivores, edentates, sea mammals, birds, reptiles, and more. This important resource:: 

  • Offers a comprehensive reference to oral pathology and dental therapy in captive and wild animals
  • Highlights oral health to promote overall health
  • Includes information on the most recent advances in the field
  • Contains a groundbreaking resource for the dental care of exotic animals 

Written for zoo and wildlife caretakers and veterinarians, veterinary dentists, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students, Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry is a practical resource that has information for the dental care of a wide range of animal species that are all too often neglected.

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Wiley-Blackwell
101426
9781119545811

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Publication date
2021
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
368
Dimensions (mm)
224.00 x 280.00

  • List of Contributors xi

    Foreword xiii

    About Peter Emily xv

    Acknowledgements xvii

    Introduction xix

    Part I A History of Veterinary Dentistry and of Teeth, and Dental Therapy of Wild Animals 1

    1 History of Veterinary Dentistry, Including Development of Oral and Dental Treatment of Wild and Zoo, Safari Park and Refuge Animals 3
    Colin E. Harvey

    2 Odontology: A History of Teeth 7
    Peter P. Emily

    3 Special Considerations Regarding Equipment and Instruments 11

    4 Dental Form and Function as it Relates to Dental Therapy of Wild Animals 19

    5 Carnivore Dental Therapy 29

    5A Conventional (Standard/Normograde) Endodontics Overview 29

    5B Surgical Endodontics 39

    5C Periodontics 43

    5D Caries and Endodontic Access Preparation and Restoration 44

    5E Combined Endodontic-Periodontal Therapy 45

    5F Oral Surgery 48

    6 Herbivore Endodontic Therapy 59

    6A Standard and Surgical Endodontics 59

    7 Marsupial and Herbivore Abscesses 63

    8 Elephant Dentistry 65

    8A Tusk Therapy for Hog, Walrus, Elephant and Hippopotamus 66

    8B Practical Elephant Dentistry 69
    Gerhard Steenkamp

    9 Primate Dentistry 79

    9A Endodontics 79

    9B Caries and Restorative Dentistry 82

    9C Periodontal Disease 86

    10 Avian Fractured and Maloccluded Beaks 87

    10A Beak Fracture Repair: Materials and Methods 88

    10B Orthobeakics 92

    10C Beak Repair for Amphibians 97

    10D Beakistry: Orthognathic Corrections and Surgical Repair of Avian Beaks 99
    Roberto S. Fecchio

    11 Marine Mammal Dentistry 119
    Steven E. Holmstrom

    12 Practical Anesthesia for Captive Wild Animals 131
    Felicia Knightly

    Part II Pertinent Dental Information, of 352 Species most often treated in Sanctuaries and Zoos 139

    13 Carnivores: Families: Felid, Bear, Canid, Racoon, Weasel, Civet, Hyena 141

    13A Big Cats 143

    13B Small Cats 151

    14 The Bear Family 155

    14A Big Bears 155

    14B Small Bears 159

    15 The Primates 161

    15A Lower Primates: Prosimians: Prosimii – Long Face, Prominent Whiskers, Slightly Sideways-Looking Eyes, Nocturnal 162

    15B Higher Primates 166

    16 Tree Shrews 177

    17 The Dog Family 179

    18 The Racoon Family 185

    19 The Weasel Family: Weasels and Polecats 189

    20 The Mongoose Family: Viverridae Civets and Genets Binturong 195

    21 The Hyena Family: Strictly Carnivores 199

    22 Marsupials 201

    23 Larg Herbivores: The Ungulates 209

    23A Primitive Ungulates 209

    23B The Hoofed Mammals 213

    24 Small Herbivores: Rodents 245

    24A Squirrel-Like Rodents 245

    24B Mouse-Like Rodents 250

    24C Cavy-Like Rodents 255

    24D Other Cavy-Like Rodents 258

    24E Old World Porcupines 259

    25 Lagomorphs 261

    26 Elephant-Shrew 265

    27 Insectivores 267

    28 Edentates 271

    29 Bats 275

    30 Monotremes 277

    31 Marine Mammals 279

    31A Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins 279

    31B Seals and Sea Lions 283

    31C Sea Cows and Manatees 287

    32 Amphibians 289

    33 Reptiles 291

    34 Avian 295

    34A Birds of Prey 295

    34B Scavangers 298

    34C Psittacine Birds 301

    34D Ground-nesting Birds and Shorebirds 303

    34E Aquatic Birds 308

    Appendix I Taxonomy 315

    Appendix II Types of Dentition 317

    Appendix III Dental Formulas 319

    Appendix IV Feeding Adaptations 333

    Glossary of Dental Terms 335

    Further Reading 339

    Index 341

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