Exotic animal texts for the urgent care setting
In September 2017, LafeberVet sent out a brief poll soliciting recommended references for use in emergency and critical care settings. The results are listed below.
Tier 1
There were three clear winners for books recommended to colleagues for care of exotic animal patients:
- Carpenter JW (ed). Exotic Animal Formulary, 5th ed. Elsevier, 2017 (5th edition coming October 2017) (84.62%)
- Mader DR. Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Saunders; 2013 (76.92%)
- Quesenberry KE, Carpenter JW (eds). Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents: Clinical Medicine and Surgery, 3rd ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders; 2012 (61.54%)
Tier 2
Other exotic animal books were recommended for urgent care settings in a more moderate fashion:
- Mayer J, Donnelly TM. Clinical Veterinary Advisor: Birds and Exotic Pets. St. Louis: Saunders; 2012 (30.77%)
- Speer BL. Current Veterinary Therapy in Avian Medicine and Surgery. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2015 (30.77%)
- Jepson L. Exotic Animal Medicine: A Quick Reference Guide, 2nd ed. St. Louis: Elsevier; 2015 (23.08%)
- Mitchell MA, Tully TN. Manual of Exotic Pet Practice. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier, 2009 (23.08%)
Additional poll results
- Altman RB, Clubb SL, Dorrestein GM, Quesenberry K. Avian Medicine and Surgery. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1997 (15.38%)
- O’Malley B. Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of Exotic Species. Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders; 2005 (15.38%)
- Fordham M, Roberts B. Emergency and Critical Care, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice, Volume 19-2, 1st ed. Elsevier; 2016 (15.38%)
- Chitty J, Raftery A. Essentials of Tortoise Medicine and Surgery. Wiley-Blackwell; 2013 (7.69%)
Emergency and critical care texts
(List published 2011)
DiBartola SP. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice, Elsevier Saunders; St. Louis; 2011.
Gupta RC. Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles. Academic Press; New York; 2007.
Macintire DK, Drobatz KJ, Haskins SC, Saxon WD (eds). Manual of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. Ames; Blackwell Publishing; 2006.
Mathews KA. Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Manual, 2nd edition. Lifelearn Publishers; 2006.
Silverstein DC, Hopper K (eds). Small Animal Critical Care Medicine, 2nd ed. St. Louis; Saunders Elsevier; 2014.
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice. Emergency and critical care. 10(2), 2007.
Vincent JL, Abraham E, Kochanek P, et al. Textbook of Critical Care: Expert Consult Premium Edition. Elsevier Saunders; Philadelphia; 2011.
Journals
Critical Care Medicine, ISSN: 1530-0293. Publisher: Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, ISSN: 1476-4431. Publisher: Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society.