Full Description
Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals, Third Edition offers an introduction to the basic principles of animal restraint and an overview of techniques for vertebrate wild and domestic animals. Fully updated throughout, the third edition also includes new chapters on understanding behavior, training for restraint and handling, and animal welfare and restraint. Now in full color, the third edition of this classic reference is an invaluable tool to recognizing potential danger in restraint and reducing stress in the animal.
Contents
Preface to the First Edition vii
Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface to the Third Edition xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Part 1. General Concepts
1. Introduction 5
2. Tools of Restraint 11
3. Rope Work 25
4. Thermoregulation 45
5. Understanding Behavior for Restraint Purposes 53
6. Training for Restraint Procedures 59
7. Stress 65
8. Animal Welfare Concerns During Restraint 69
9. Medical Problems During Restraint 73
Part 2. Domestic Animals
10. Horses, Donkeys, Mules 97
11. Cattle and Other Domestic Bovids 117
12. Sheep and Goats 139
13. Swine 149
14. Camelids 161
15. Dogs 181
16. Cats 193
17. Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits 199
18. Poultry and Waterfowl 209
Part 3. Wild Animals
19. Delivery Systems 219
20. Chemical Restraint 227
21. Monotremes and Marsupials 249
22. Small Mammals 257
23. Carnivores 275
24. Nonhuman Primates 293
25. Marine Mammals 307
26. Elephants 321
27. Other Megavertebrates (Hoofed Stock) 343
28. Hoofed Stock (Other than the Megavertebrates) 355
29. Birds 377
30. Reptiles 411
31. Amphibians and Fish 439
Appendices 449
Index 457
