Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 56-72 , January 2010

Managing the Reptile Patient in the Veterinary Hospital: Establishing a Standards of Care Model for Nontraditional Species

  • Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine, Urbana, IL 61802

References 

  1. 2009-2010 National Pet Owners Survey, American Pet Products Association, Greenwich, CT
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  3. Klarsfeld J, Mitchell MA, Futch R. Characterization of oral aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora of royal pythons, Python regius. Proceedings of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Reno, NV. 2002;53–54
  4. Mitchell MA, Thompson D, Burgdorf A, et al. Coelioscopy as an antemortem method for confirming temperature dependent sex determination in Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii). Proceedings of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Milwaukee, WI. 2009;136
  5. Hernandez-Divers S, Stahl SJ, Farrell R. An endoscopic method for identifying sex of hatchling Chinese box turtles and comparison of general versus local anesthesia for coelioscopy. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2009;234(6):900–904
  6. Myers D, Mitchell MA, Fleming G, et al. Determining the value of bovine albumin as a blood cell stabilizer for pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri, blood smears. J Herp Med Surg. 2009;18(3-4):1595–1599
  7. Sypek J, Borysenko M. Reptiles. In:  Rowley AF,  Ratcliffe NA editor. Vertebrate Blood Cells. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1988;p. 211–256
  8. Mitchell MA. Therapeutics. In:  Mader DR editors. Reptile Medicine and Surgery. St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier; 2006;p. 631–664
  9. Neiffer D, Lydick D, Burks K, et al. Hematologic and plasma biochemical changes associated with fenbendazole administration in Hermann's tortoises (Testudo hermanni). J Zoo Wildl Med. 2005;36(4):661–672
  10. Acierno M, Mitchell MA, Roundtree M, et al. Evaluating the effect of ultraviolet B radiation on 1,25 hydroxyvitamin D levels in red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). Am J Vet Res. 2006;67(12):2046–2049
  11. Acierno M, Mitchell MA, Roundtree M, et al. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in corn snakes (Elaphe guttata guttata). Am J Vet Res. 2008;69(2):294–297
  12. Jacobson ER, Heard D, Anderson A. Identification of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in an emerald tree boa, Corallus caninus. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2004;16:153–154
  13. Mitchell MA, Shane SM. Salmonella in reptiles. Sem Avian Exotic Pet Med. 2001;10(1):25–35
  14. Riggs S, Mitchell MA, Williams J, et al. Osteomyelitis in a uromastyx lizard. Sem Avian Exotic Pet Med. 2005;14(3):221–223

PII: S1557-5063(10)00016-9

doi: 10.1053/j.jepm.2010.01.015

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 56-72 , January 2010

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