Although we’d like to believe you need look no further than LafeberVet, exotic animal medicine is a diverse and varied topic. View LafeberVet’s ever-growing list of additional online resources on small mammal medicine.
| Small Mammals | American Association of Laboratory Animal Science aalas.org/index.aspxAmerican Association of Zoo Veterinarians aazv.org/ American Board of Veterinary Practitioners American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners ASPCA: Small Pet Care Assessing the Health and Welfare of Laboratory Animals (AHWLA) AHWLA Practical Animal Handling in Small Mammals Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Charles River Infectious Agent Technical Sheets Duke University Medical Center. Blood collection techniques-General concerns Florida Atlantic University Veterinary Services The Humane Society of the United States Lab Animal Laboratory Animals Limited Laboratory Animal Welfare Training Exchange Merck Veterinary Manual Napa Nectar National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research. Blood sampling microsite Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals, Fourth revised edition, 1995 Nutrition Advisory Group: Feeding Captive Insectivorous Animals-Nutritional Aspects of Insects as Food Oxbow Animal Health Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory Small Mammal Hematology: Leukocyte Identification in Rabbits and Guinea Pigs Sound Diagnostics, Inc. Tufts Open Courseware Tufts Open Courseware: Wildlife and Exotic Animal Nutrition United States Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Library Animal Welfare Information Center University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine: Comparative pathology; Avian/exotic test listing University of Missouri Diseases of Research Animals Vetdent.EU Veterinary Information Network VeterinaryPartner.com Small Mammal Health Series Veterinary Technicians and Assistants Resource Center Worms & Germs Blog |
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| Chinchilla | Chinchilla Planet chinchillaplanet.com/Chinchillas.org chinchillas.org/Lowcountry chinchillas: Is it a boy or a girl? huggablepets.com/huggablepets/sexing.shtml Sexing your chinchilla TJ’s Chinchillas (includes helpful Herb Information) |
| Ferret | American Ferret Association ferret.org/Ferret Central ferretcentral.org/Ferrets Anonymous ferretsanonymous.com/International Ferret Congress ferretcongress.org/Pathology of the Domestic Ferret afip.org/consultation/vetpath/ferrets/ |
| Gerbil | American Gerbil Societyagsgerbils.org/Learn/Gerbil_Care_Handbook/index.phpMongolian Gerbils: Care, Diseases, and Use in Research
UK National Gerbil Society |
| Guinea pig | American Cavy Breeder’s Association acbaonline.com/Dystocia in cavies acbaonline.com/articles/ACBA%20Health%20Dystocia.pdfGuinea Lynx: A medical care guide for guinea pigs guinealynx.info/index.html |
| Hedgehog | Hedgehog Central hedgehogcentral.com/International Hedgehog Association hedgehogclub.com/index.html |
| Mouse | See Rat & Mouse below |
| Rabbit | The Busy Bunny busybunny.com/DebMark Rabbit Education Resource. Sexing rabbits debmark.com/rabbits/sexing.htmHouse Rabbit Network. How to sex your rabbits rabbitnetwork.org/articles/sexing.shtml House Rabbit Society Information Resources on the Care and Welfare of Rabbits Omlet Pan-American Rabbit Science Site Rabbit Anesthesia and Analgesia Successful management of rabbit anesthesia through the use of nasotracheal intubation. |
| Rat & Mouse | Diseases of the Rat aquavet.i12.com/Rats.htmLoyola Medicine. Mouse breeding informationRat & Mouse Club of America rmca.org/ Rat & Mouse Gazette Rat Behavior and Biology Rat Guide |
| Sugar glider | Association of Sugar Glider Veterinarians asgv.org/ |