Exotic vetting : extraordinary stories of treating amazing animals
Pizzi, R. (Romain), 1974-2023
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Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day's work for the world's wildest veterinarian. Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, Romain Pizzi has caught, anaesthetised, diagnosed, operated on, medicated, and then released some of the world's most endangered wild animals. From disease testing Polynesian snails to keyhole surgery in Sumatran orangutans; from endoscopy in sharks to ultrasound on a chimpanzee. Sometimes this is high tech work, such as the first robotic surgery in a tiger, or giant panda cloning attempts. Sometimes the situations are more primitive, from anaesthetising a bear with a bicycle pump, old plumbing tubes and a plank, to operating on a vulture using an old metal spoon.
Main title:
Exotic vetting : extraordinary stories of treating amazing animals / Romain Pizzi, BVSc, MSc, PhD, DZooMed, DipECZM, MANZCVS(Surg), FRES, FRGS, FRSB, FRCVS.
Author:
Pizzi, R. (Romain), 1974-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2023.
Collation:
viii, 408 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2022.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780008356781 (pbk)
Dewey class:
636.089092
LC class:
SF613
Language:
English
BRN:
3255384
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