LafeberVet is an ever-growing online library. Although some new content is featured in email campaigns, follow us on Twitter* to keep up on all the latest posts.
Here is a list of new content released in 2015 on LafeberVet.com, EmerAid.com, and our sister sites, Lafeber Pet Birds and Lafeber Conservation.
Avian medicine
- 2015 T.J. Lafeber Avian Practitioner of the Year: Patrick Redig
- The “Mystery Goo” Bird Event
- Anatomy & Physiology of the Avian Gastrointestinal Tract: Clinical Applications, video
- Medical Management of Psittacines with Bornavirus Ganglioneuritis (PDD), video
- Nutritional Support to the Exotic Animal Patient: Theory & Practical Applications, video
- Feather Destructive Behavior in Psittacine Birds, R.A.C.E.-approved webinar, video
- Wait For It…A Grey Parrot Demonstrates Self Control
- Are You Listed? Find An Avian Veterinarian
Mammals
- Nutritional Support to the Exotic Animal Patient: Theory & Practical Applications, video
- Case Challenge: 5-Year-Old Rabbit with Anorexia & Lethargy
- Bloat and Gastrointestinal Blockage in Rabbits Client Handout
- Information Sheet: European Hedgehog
- Information Sheet: Fennec Fox
Reptiles and amphibians
- Five Common Reptile Emergencies, R.A.C.E.-approved webinar
- Nutritional Support to the Exotic Animal Patient: Theory & Practical Applications, video
- Presenting problem: “Red Leg” in Frogs
- Fast Facts on Chytrid Fungus
- Amphibian Physical Examination Form
- Amphibian History Form
- Palawan Turtle Crisis Slideshow
- Sea Turtle Physical Examination Part 1: Eyes-Ears-Nose-Throat
- Sea Turtle Physical Examination: Part 2
- Body Condition Scoring the Sea Turtle
- Basic Husbandry: Hospitalizing the Sea Turtle
- Sea Turtle Restraint
- Information sheet: Mediterranean Tortoises
- Information sheet: Egyptian Tortoise
- Information sheet: Greek or Spur-Thighed Tortoise
- Information sheet: Hermann’s Tortoise
- Information sheet: Marginated Tortoise
- Information sheet: Russian Tortoise
- Quiz: Can You Keep the Mediterranean Tortoises Straight?
- Mud Turtle Client Handout
- Leopard Tortoise Client Handout
- Chinese Box Turtle Client Handout
- Sulcata or African Spurred Tortoise Client Handout
- A Guide to Esophagostomy Tube Placement in Chelonians
Emergency medicine & critical care
- Five Common Reptile Emergencies, R.A.C.E.-approved webinar
- Animal Bite Checklist
- Surgical Safety Checklist
- Nutritional Support to the Exotic Animal Patient: Theory & Practical Applications, video
- Presenting problem: “Red Leg” in Frogs
- Case Challenge: 5-Year-Old Rabbit with Anorexia & Lethargy
- Bloat and Gastrointestinal Blockage in Rabbits Client Handout
- Critical Care Nutrition, video
- A Guide to Esophagostomy Tube Placement in Chelonians
Contributors in 2015
We are thankful for our contributors, who take time out of incredibly busy schedules to share their time and expertise.
LafeberVet and Emeraid.com contributors featured in 2015
- Kara Burns, MS, MEd, LVT, VTS (Nutrition)
- Bob Dahlhausen, DVM
- Rebecca Duerr, DVM, MPVM
- Neil Forbes, BVetMed DECZM FRCVS
- Ken Harkewicz, VMD
- Marie Kerl, DVM, MPH, DACVIM, DACVECC
- Eric Klaphake, DVM, DACZM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DABVP (Reptile & Amphibian Practice)
- La’Toya Latney, DVM
- Sean McCormack BSc (Hons), MVB, MRCVS
- Anna McRee, DVM
- Terry Norton, DVM, DACZM
- Susan Orosz, PhD, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM
- Aoife O’Sullivan MVB Cert AVP (ECC) MRCVS
- Christal Pollock, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice)
- Lynne Seibert, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVB
- Jeanette Wyneken, PhD
LafeberVet Reviewers
- Susan Donoghue, MS, VMD
- La’Toya Latney, DVM
- Elisabetta Mancinelli, DVM CertZooMed DECZM (Small Mammals) MRCVS
- Javier Nevarez, DVM, PhD, DACZM, DECZM (Herpetology)
- Timothy Partridge BVSc, MRCVS
- Irene Pepperberg, PhD
Lafeber Pet Birds
Featured content on Lafeber Pet Birds includes contributions by avian veterinarians, Susan Orosz and Gregory Burkett:
- Keep Your Pet Bird Out of the ER This Holiday
- Share These Four Healthy Thanksgiving Foods
- Avian Vets Flock to ExoticsCon
- How Lafeber’s Helping Hands Changed Avian Medicine
- See What Sets Bird Hospitals Apart
- Vaccines & Pet Birds
- Avian Medicine Gets the Spotlight in Paris
- Healthy Gut, Healthier Bird
- Nutri-Berries vs. Standard Avian Diets
- Meet the Princess of Wales Parakeet
- Bird Brains are Not that Simple!
- Parrot Breeding Biology In the Wild & In the Home
- Lineolated Parakeets
- Is Your Pet Bird A Healthy Weight?
Lafeber Conservation
Editor’s note: The Lafeber Conservation website has been discontinued and these links are no longer available. Some conservation medicine content is available on LafeberVet. Also visit Dr. LoraKim Joyner’s Liberating Wings.
- Rearing to be Released: Yellow-headed Parrots in Belize
- Strange, but not Estranged Parrots from Paraguay
- Miskitos Are No Small Thing
- Paraguayan Macaws in Peril
- Team Bat Falcon Wins on a Soccer Field
- Parrot Makes Us Happy (Loros Hacen Feliz)
*For your convenience, there is open access to all LafeberVet content featured on Twitter for a limited time. There will also be open access to all 2015 content for a limited time.