Clinical techniques of invertebrates. Academic Article

abstract

• This article highlights techniques and equipment needed to successfully restrain, diagnose, and treat gastropods (including snails and slugs) and arthropods (including spiders, scorpions, honey-bees, cockroaches, silkworms, phasmids, centipedes, and millipedes). A review of current clinical techniques for invertebrates kept as pets and those kept for agricultural use is provided. The specific techniques of restraint, assessment of hydration, fluid therapy, diagnostic sampling, imaging, exoskeleton repair, ectoparasite control and removal, euthanasia, and postmortem examination are reviewed for use in the invertebrate patient. The authors intend this article to stimulate further research and reporting on appropriate and humane techniques for use in these species and to increase the ability of the veterinary practitioner to successfully attend to these animals.

authors

• Heatley, J.

published proceedings

• Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract

author list (cited authors)

• Braun, M. E., Heatley, J. J., & Chitty, J.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• Braun, Matthew E||Heatley, J Jill||Chitty, John

publication date

• May 2006

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Domestic
• Arthropods
• Diagnostic Services
• Female
• Gastropoda
• Invertebrates
• Male
• Veterinary Medicine

PubMed Central ID

• 16759944

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cvex.2006.02.001

start page

• 205

end page

• v

volume

• 9

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cvex.2006.02.001

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being