Winner of the Textbook & Academic Authors Association 2024 McGuffey Longevity Award for Life Sciences!
Presented in full color for the first time, Invertebrate Medicine is the definitive resource on husbandry and veterinary medicine in invertebrate species. Presenting authoritative information applicable to both in-human care and wild invertebrates, this comprehensive volume addresses the medical care and clinical condition of most important invertebrate species - providing biological data for sponges, jellyfish, anemones, snails, sea hares, corals, cuttlefish, squid, octopuses, clams, oysters, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, various worms, and many other invertebrate groups.
The extensively revised third edition contains new information and knowledge throughout, offering timely coverage of significant advances in invertebrate anesthesia, analgesia, diagnostic imaging, surgery, and welfare. New and updated chapters incorporate recent publications on species including crustaceans, jellyfishes, corals, honeybees, and a state-of-the-science formulary. In this edition, the authors also discuss a range of topics relevant to invertebrate caretaking including conservation, laws and regulations, euthanasia, diagnostic techniques, and sample handling. Edited by a leading veterinarian and expert in the field, Invertebrate Medicine, Third Edition:
- Provides a comprehensive reference to all aspects of invertebrate medicine
- Offers approximately 200 new pages of expanded content
- Features more than 400 full color images and new contributions from leading veterinarians and specialists for each taxon
- Includes updated chapters of reportable diseases, neoplasia, sources of invertebrates and supplies, and a comprehensive formulary
The standard reference text in the field, Invertebrate Medicine, Third Edition is essential reading for practicing veterinarians, veterinary students, advanced hobbyists, aquarists and aquaculturists, and professional animal caretakers in zoo animal, exotic animal, and laboratory animal medicine.
Table of Contents
Contributors ix
Foreword xi
Joel Sartore
Preface xiii
Gregory A. Lewbart
Acknowledgment xv
Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 2. Porifera 7
Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 3. Jellyfishes (Ctenophora and Scyphozoa) 33
Michael K. Stoskopf and Kate S. Freeman
Chapter 4. Anemones (Actinaria) 51
Michael K. Stoskopf
Chapter 5. Octocorallia, Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, and Other Corals 65
Michael K. Stoskopf, Lori S. Westmoreland, and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 6. Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health 107
Wade Lehmann Copyrighted Material
Chapter 7. Turbellarians 129
Michael S. Bodri
Chapter 8. Gastropods 151
Roxanna Smolowitz, Shane Boylan, and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 9. Cephalopods 177
Joseph M. Scimeca, Gregory J. Barord, and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 10. Bivalves 203
Jay F. Levine, Mac Law, and Tal Ben‐Horin
Chapter 11. Chitons 235
Katharina B. Hagen
Chapter 12. Annelids 249
Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 13. Horseshoe Crabs 283
Stephen A. Smith
Chapter 14. Spiders 301
Romain Pizzi and Benjamin Kennedy
Chapter 15. Scorpions 349
Fredric L. Frye
Chapter 16. Crustaceans 367
Amy L. Hancock‐Ronemus, Melanie Buote, and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 17. Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes) 399
John R. Chitty
Chapter 18. Insects 413
John E. Cooper, Sarah Pellett, and Michelle O’Brien
Chapter 19. Honey Bees 439
Nicolas Vidal-Naquet and Christopher J. Cripps
Chapter 20. Butterfly Houses 521
John E. Cooper and Ian J. Gordon
Chapter 21. Nematodes 537
Michael S. Bodri
Chapter 22. Chaetognaths (Arrowworms) 563
Laura Foster and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 23. Echinoderms 579
Craig A. Harms
Chapter 24. Urochordates 599
Robert S. Bakal and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 25. Diagnostic Techniques and Sample Handling 615
Ilze K. Berzins, Roxanna Smolowitz, and Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 26. Neoplasia 631
Alisa L. Newton, Roxanna M. Smolowitz, Taylor L. Reynolds, and Esther C. Peters
Chapter 27. Euthanasia 645
Michael J. Murray
Chapter 28. Laws and Regulations 651
Margaret E. Cooper
Chapter 29. Invertebrate Animal Welfare 669
Trevor T. Zachariah
Chapter 30. Invertebrate Health Issues in Conservation 677
Timothy R. New
Chapter 31. Sources of Invertebrates and Supplies 693
R. Kent Passingham
Chapter 32. Reportable Diseases of Invertebrates 701
Gregory A. Lewbart
Chapter 33. Drug Formulary 703
Megan L. Cabot and Gregory A. Lewbart
Index 717
