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.
Exotic Animal Centre, Harold Wood, Romford, Essex, United Kingdom. SteveDVet@aol.com
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D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000662:veterinary*; D012104:Reptiles