Restraint and handling of wild and domestic animals

New edition of the classic reference * Introduction to basic principles of animal restraint and overview of techniques * Focuses on the most effective physical restraint techniques * Provides essential information for ensuring the safety of both the handler and animal * Now in full color with five n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fowler, Murray E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell , c2008
Edition:3rd ed
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Tools of restraint
  • 3. Rope work
  • 4. Thermoregulation
  • 5. Understanding behavior for restraint purposes
  • 6. Training for restraint procedures
  • 7. Stress
  • 8. Animal welfare concerns during restraint
  • 9. Medical problems during restraint
  • 10. Horses, donkeys, mules
  • 11. Cattle and other domestic bovids
  • 12. Sheep and goats
  • 13. Swine
  • 14. Camelids
  • 15. Dogs
  • 16. Cats
  • 17. Laboratory rodents and rabbits
  • 18. Poultry and waterfowl
  • 19. Delivery systems
  • 20. Chemical restraint
  • 21. Monotremes and marsupials
  • 22. Small mammals
  • 23. Carnivores
  • 24. Nonhuman primates
  • 25. Marine mammals
  • 26. Elephants
  • 27. Other megavertebrates (hoofed stock)
  • 28. Hoofed stock (other than the megavertebrates)
  • 29. Birds
  • 30. Reptiles
  • 31. Amphibians and fish