Invertebrate Medicine, 3rd Edition

Invertebrate Medicine, 3rd Edition Description

Invertebrate Medicine 3rd Edition is a fully updated new edition that covers husbandry and medical care for invertebrate species, providing biological data for sponges, jellyfish, anemones, sea hares, snails, corals, cuttlefish, octopuses, squid, clams, crabs, oysters, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, scorpions, spiders, horseshoe crabs, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, various worms, and many other invertebrate groups.

Here’s what you will learn in this course:

• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Porifera
• Chapter 3. Jellyfishes (Ctenophora and Scyphozoa)
• Chapter 4. Anemones (Actinaria)
• Chapter 5. Octocorallia, Hexacorallia, Scleractinia, and Other Corals
• Chapter 6. Coral Reef Aquarium Husbandry and Health
• Chapter 7. Turbellarians
• Chapter 8. Gastropods
• Chapter 9. Cephalopods
• Chapter 10. Bivalves
• Chapter 11. Chitons
• Chapter 12. Annelids
• Chapter 13. Horseshoe Crabs
• Chapter 14. Spiders
• Chapter 15. Scorpions
• Chapter 16. Crustaceans
• Chapter 17. Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes)
• Chapter 18. Insects
• Chapter 19. Honey Bees
• Chapter 20. Butterfly Houses
• Chapter 21. Nematodes
• Chapter 22. Chaetognaths (Arrowworms)
• Chapter 23. Echinoderms
• Chapter 24. Urochordates
• Chapter 25. Diagnostic Techniques and Sample Handling
• Chapter 26. Neoplasia
• Chapter 27. Euthanasia
• Chapter 28. Laws and Regulations
• Chapter 29. Invertebrate Animal Welfare
• Chapter 30. Invertebrate Health Issues in Conservation
• Chapter 31. Sources of Invertebrates and Supplies
• Chapter 32. Reportable Diseases of Invertebrates
• Chapter 33. Drug Formulary
• Index