• The provision of care for wildlife casualties remains an important responsibility of veterinary surgeons, limited not only to emergency care but also encompassing the rehabilitation and release of the casualty and the wider impact on the environment. The second edition of the BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties provides critical information for all stages from the initial decision to intervene to monitoring of released casualties.

    Fully updated, the initial chapters have also been expanded to include new chapters on: capture, handling and transportation; triage and decision-making; first aid and emergency care; wildlife anaesthesia; management in captivity; care and hand-rearing of young animals; and investigation of wildlife crime.

    The second half of the manual returns to a species- and group-specific format, covering wild mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles encountered in the UK. Each chapter gives details on: ecology and biology; anatomy and physiology; capture, handling and transportation; examination and clinical assessment for rehabilitation; first aid and short-term hospitalization; anaesthesia and analgesia; specific conditions; therapeutics; management in captivity; rearing of neonates and juveniles; release; and legal aspects. Specialist organizations and useful contacts are also provided at the end of chapters and in a comprehensive appendix.

  • Wildlife casualties and the veterinary surgeon

    The law affecting British wildlife casualties

    Principles of capture, healing and transportation

    Wildlife triage and decision-making

    First aid and emergency care

    Basic principles of wildlife anaesthesia

    Initial management in captivity

    Care and hand-rearing of young wild animals

    Rehabilitation and release

    Clinical pathology, post-mortem examination and disease surveillance

    Investigation wildlife crime

    Hedgehogs

    Squirrels

    Other insectivores and rodents

    Bats; Rabbits and hares; Badgers

    Otters

    Other mustelids

    Wildcats

    Foxes

    Deer

    Marine mammals

    Seabirds

    Waders

    Waterfowl

    Gamebirds

    Pigeons and doves

    Raptors

    Passerines and other small birds

    Reptiles and amphibians

  • Elizabeth Mullineaux BVM&S DVM&S CertSHP MRCVS
    Westlatchfields, Haddington, East Lothian EH14 4JN, UK

    Emma Keeble BVSc DZooMed (Mammalian) MRCVS
    Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK

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