Updates for Reptile Pediatric Medicine.
| Autor: | Latney LV; Avian and Exotic Medicine & Surgery, The Animal Medical Center, 510 East 62nd Street, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: latoya.latney@amcny.org. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice [Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract] 2024 May; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 379-409. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 13. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cvex.2023.11.013 |
| Abstrakt: | The health of hatchling, juvenile, and young adult reptiles continues to be plagued by historic nutritional deficiencies, old and emerging infectious diseases, and more recent phenotype-selective congenital abnormalities that impact welfare. Knowledge of mating seasonality, average egg counts, gestation times, and age and/or size for sexual maturity is necessary to help guide best practices for care of pediatric reptiles. Calcium, vitamin D3, and ultraviolet B (UVB) lighting recommendations vary in effectiveness amongst different species and can change with age. Phenotype-selective color patterns for spider ball pythons and scalation pattern for bearded dragons have resulted in vestibular disease, and increased evaporative water loss, respectively. Salmonellosis remains the most reported zoonotic disease for captive reptiles in the United States, despite improvements in client education and improvements in captive reptile husbandry. Competing Interests: Disclosure The author has nothing to disclose and is unaware of any conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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