Crocodiles : biology, husbandry and diseases /

• Main Author: Huchzermeyer, F. W. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Crocodile farming.; Crocodiles.; Captive reptiles.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Health and Hygiene (General); Aquaculture (Animals); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Animal diseases.; Animal husbandry.; Diagnosis.; Reference works.; Skin producing animals.; Treatment.; Electronic books.
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This book was written for veterinarians, scientists, wildlife officials, students and crocodile farmers. The gathered data was based on years of work with farmed Nile crocodiles, some with wild and wild-caught African dwarf crocodiles in the Congo Republic, as well as on information from available l...

Table of Contents:

• Crocodiles and Alligators
• Examination of Crocodiles and Clinical Procedures
• Important Aspects of Crocodile Farming
• Diseases of Eggs and Hatchlings
• Transmissible Diseases
• Non-transmissible Diseases
• Organ Diseases and Miscellaneous Conditions.