Ebook: Biology and Diseases of the Ferret

Taxonomy, history and use / James G. Fox -- Anatomy of the ferret / Howard Evans and Nguyen Quoc An -- Neuroanatomy of the ferret brain / Christopher D. Kroenke, Brian Mills, Jaime F. Olavarria, and Jeffrey J. Neil -- Physiology of the ferret / Mark T. Whary -- Nutrition / James G. Fox, Carrie S. Schultz, and Brittany M. Vester Boler -- Housing and management / James G. Fox and Rosemary Broome -- Normal clinical and biological parameters / James G. Fox -- Growth, reproduction and breeding / James G. Fox, Judi Bell, and Rosemary Broome -- Regulatory considerations / Robert P. Marini -- Black-footed ferret recover / Rachel Santymire, Heather Branvold-Faber, and Paul Marinari -- Physical examination and diagnosis / Robert P. Marini -- Anesthesia / Jeffrey Ko and Robert P. Marini -- Surgery / Stephen J. Mehler and Robert P. Marini -- Hematopoietic diseases / Jerg Mayer, Susan E. Erdman, and James G. Fox -- Diseases of the genitourinary tract / James G. Fox and Judi Bell -- Diseases of the gastrointestinal system / Kirk J. Maurer and James G. Fox -- Diseases of the endocrine system / Cassandra L. Miller, Robert P. Marini, and James G. Fox -- Diseases of the cardiovascular system / Robert A. Wagner -- Other systemic diseases / James G. Fox -- Viral diseases / Matti Kuipel and David Perpiñan -- Bacterial and mycoplasmal diseases / Alton G. Swennes and James G. Fox -- Parasitic diseases / Mary Patterson, James G. Fox, and Mark L. Eberhard -- Mycotic diseases / James G. Fox -- Neoplastic diseases / James G. Fox, Sureshkumar Muthupalani, Matti Kiupel, and Bruce Williams -- The ferret in viral respiratory disease research / Deborah R. Taylor -- The ferret in morbillivirus research / Veronika von Messling -- Use of the ferret in cardiovascular research / James P. Morgan -- Genetic engineering in the ferret / Xingshen Sun, Ziying Yan, Xiaoming Liu, Alicia K. Oliver, and John F. Engelhardt -- Hearing and auditory function in ferrets / Fernando R. Nodal and Andrew J. King -- The ferret in vision and neuroplasticity research / Jitendra Sharma and Mriganka Sur -- The ferret in nausea and vomiting research / Nathalie Percie du Sert and Paul L.R. Andrews -- The ferret in lung carcinogenesis and nutritional chemoprevention research / Xiang-Dong Wang and Chun Liu.