Clinical evaluation of reptiles.
A detailed history and physical examination usually provides the veterinarian with a list of possible differential diagnoses and indicates which further investigations may be necessary to make a definitive diagnosis. Radiography, ultrasonography, endoscopy, hematology, blood biochemistry, and microbiological and parasitologic investigations are all proven techniques that are used extensively in reptile medicine. A logical case workup enables the clinician to make a previously elusive reptile diagnosis and offers this interesting group of animals veterinary services comparable with that already expected for more domesticated pets.
Divers
S J
SJ
Exotic Animal Centre, Harold Wood, Romford, Essex, United Kingdom. SteveDVet@aol.com
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000662:veterinary*; D012104:Reptiles