Current Therapy in Medicine of Australian Mammals provides up-to-date knowledge of Australian mammal medicine. This revised edition is a companion volume to Medicine of Australian Mammals, a text that remains relevant and current, although there have been significant advances in Australian mammal medicine and surgery since its publication in 2008. Together, these two texts remain the most comprehensive source of information on medicine of Australian mammals available.
This book is divided into two sections. The first includes detailed chapters on general topics and topics relevant to multiple taxa, including a new chapter on assessment, triage and treatment of bushfire-affected wildlife. The second section provides updates of current knowledge relevant to specific taxa. Each chapter is authored by Australian experts. Several appendices provide useful reference data and information on clinical reference ranges, recommended venipuncture sites, chemical restraint agent doses and regimens, a drug formulary and dental charts.
Current Therapy in Medicine of Australian Mammals is clinically oriented with an emphasis on practical content and easy-to-use reference material, and is a must-have for veterinarians, students, biologists, zoologists, wildlife carers and other wildlife professionals. This volume also complements, updates and utilizes the resources of other books such as
Radiology of Australian Mammals (Vogelnest and Allan, 2015),
Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife (Ladds, 2009),
Haematology of Australian Mammals (Clark, 2004) and
Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management, Second Edition (Jackson, 2025).
Features: - Provides veterinarians, students, biologists, zoologists, wildlife carers and other wildlife professionals with the most up-to-date information on the medical management of Australian native mammals.
- Clinically oriented with an emphasis on practical content and easy-to-use reference material.
- Appendices provide useful reference data and information on clinical reference ranges, recommended venipuncture sites, chemical restraint agent doses and regimens, a drug formulary and dental charts.
- Authored by Australian experts.
- Companion volume to Medicine of Australian Mammals.
Portas, Timothy: - Timothy Portas has worked exclusively with managed and free-ranging wildlife since 1999 and is currently the Wildlife Veterinary Director for RSPCA Queensland. He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Zoo Medicine, a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine and an adjunct senior lecturer at Murdoch University.
Vogelnest, Larry: - Larry Vogelnest has worked as a zoo and wildlife veterinarian with the Taronga Conservation Society Australia since 1990. He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Zoo Medicine. Larry has been the Senior Veterinarian at Taronga Zoo for 30 years, and in 2023 he took on the role of Senior Veterinarian for the NSW Sentinel Koala Population Monitoring Program. He is also the co-editor of Medicine of Australian Mammals and co-author of Radiology of Australian Mammals.
