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Salamanders, axolotls and caecilians
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Salamanders, axolotls and caecilians
- Author: Peter Scott
- From: BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets
- Item: Chapter 18, pp 331 - 337
- DOI: 10.22233/9781905319909.18
- Copyright: © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: January 2010
Abstract
This chapter provides the need-to-know information on salamanders, axolotls and caecilians:
- Biology
- Husbandry
- Handling and restraint
- Diagnostic approach
- Common conditions
- Supportive care
- Anaesthesia and analgesia
- Common surgical procedures
- Euthanasia.
- Drug formulary.
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Common caudate amphibians. (a) Salamander (Salamandra s. terrestris). (Courtesy of C. Newman.) (b) An axolotl on a large stone ‘slab’ on which it can be hand-fed to avoid picking up substrate. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Common caudate amphibians. (a) Salamander (Salamandra s. terrestris). (Courtesy of C. Newman.) (b) An axolotl on a large stone ‘slab’ on which it can be hand-fed to avoid picking up substrate.
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Female axolotl with egg strings. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Female axolotl with egg strings.
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An enriched semi-aquatic environment suitable for a salamander. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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An enriched semi-aquatic environment suitable for a salamander.
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Metabolic bone disease in a salamander (Salamandra iberica). Note the weak legs. The radiograph shows very poor bone density in two specimens. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Metabolic bone disease in a salamander (Salamandra iberica). Note the weak legs. The radiograph shows very poor bone density in two specimens.
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An oedematous axolotl with kidney failure. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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An oedematous axolotl with kidney failure.
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An axolotl with septicaemia-related petechiation © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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An axolotl with septicaemia-related petechiation
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Tail tip erosion due to bacterial infection in a newt. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Tail tip erosion due to bacterial infection in a newt.