Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids: Llama Alpaca Vicuna Guanaco

By Murray E. Fowler

Book Overview

Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids, Second Edition, is the only comprehensive camelids (llamas, alpacas, vicunas, and guanacos). It covers camelid biology, toxicology, diseases, congenital and hereditary conditions, and neonatal development, as well as management, nutrition, and care and handling, Basic information on anatomy and physiology is integrated into explanations of body systems and clinical procedures. This substantially updated and expanded second edition features: Two new chapters: Conformation and Gaits, and Disaster and Emergency Management A new chapter on reproduction, co-authored with Dr. P. Walter Bravo Additional information on nutrition and forage grasses More comparative data on Old World camels The incorporation of research conducted over the past 10 years More than 750 illustrations and tables 2300 references to world literature

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813803934
• ISBN13: 9780813803937
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Iowa State Pr
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.8" x 8.8"