title: [Pets as patients in the small animal practice. 1. Descent, physiology, husbandry, feeding].
abstract: Small pets as domestic animals and patients in veterinary practice have gained in importance during the last years. Their different habits and needs require exact knowledge of their descent and physiology, as well as husbandry and feeding requirements. Therefore, a survey of rabbit, guinea-pig, chinchilla, hamster, gerbil, mouse and rat as pets is given.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischen Tierklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kraft
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000502:physiology*; D001947:Breeding; D002682:Chinchilla / Q000502:physiology; D006224:Cricetinae / Q000502:physiology; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000502:physiology; D006168:Guinea Pigs / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Heimtiere als Patienten in der Kleintierpraxis. Teil 1: Abstammung, Physiologie, Haltung, Fütterung.