Starting Small Mammals - How to catch them and How to get your samples
Learn more about small mammals; how to handle and examine them, anesthesia, radiology and other diagnostics.
Dr Claudia and Manfred Hochleithner explain:
We want to share our clinical experience!
What will you learn in this course?
Availability of sedation and anesthesia
Sedation vs. General Anesthesia
Be Prepared!
What about fasting?
What about heat support?
What about recovery?
Restraint and Examination!
Quiz: true or false?
Intubation vs. Mask anesthesia
Catch a chipmunk
Alfaxalone
Good basic information (1)
Comparative study - anaesthetic combinations
Good basic information (2)
Endotracheal intubation of rabbits
Airway management in rabbits
Comparison study: airway devide and intubation
Intubation risks
Guidelines on Anesthesia and Analgesia in Rabbits
Summary of dosages
Personal communication with Prof Dr Joerg Mayer
Rabbit with 1 mg midazolam - radiograph
Our experience with masks
Quiz: true or false (part 2)
Hedgehog
Rabbit
Guinea Pig
Mice
Degus
Ferrets
Ferrets: Additional information
Let's hold them - rabbits! (1)
Let's hold them - rabbits! (2)
Let's hold them
Clinical examination of four-toed hedgehog
Quiz: true or false (part 3)
Collecting blood
Blood collection guidelines
Blood collection - Vena saphena
Needle sizes
Blood collection from guinea pig's hind foot
Blood collection from a hairless rabbit
Blood collection from Vena Jugularis
Blood collection options in guinea pigs
Guinea Pig anatomy
Blood collection from guinea pig: vena jugularis
Blood collection from a hedgehog
Blood collection: considerations
Preparing blood samples
Species-specific idiosyncracies: Rabbit
Species-specific idiosyncracies: Rabbit (2)
Blood sample: guinea pig
Recommendation from the TVT
Vertebrate Animal Research: Guidelines for blood collection
Quiz: blood collection
General radiology principles
Radiology without anesthesia: rabbit
Radiology and dental disease
Dental disease: rabbits and guinea pigs
Dental diseases
Radiology of dental diseases
Radiology of dental disease: anatomical reference lines
Dentistry: books
Radiology: tips
Example case: rabbit radiology (line 1)
Example case: rabbit radiology (line 2)
Example case: rabbit radiology (conclusion)
Diagnose this rabbit!
Oral examination (1)
Without vs. with anesthesia
Oral examination (2)
Oral examination (3)
Oral examination: rabbit
Summary
Trimming teeth: rabbit
Elongated incissors: guinea pig
Elongated incissors: rabbit
Elongated incissors: guinea pig (part 2)
Elongated incissors: guinea pig (part 3)
More guinea pigs with oral problems
2 different cases
Case 1: guinea pig
Case 2: rabbit
Preparation
Ventral abdominal approach
Ventral abdominal approach: rabbit
Preparation (2)
Urinary bladder with sludge
Most important indications
Most important indications (2)
Most important indications (3)
Surgery of ovary cyst in guinea pigs
Most important indications (4)
Adenocarcinoma rabbit: ultrasound
Adenocarcinoma rabbit: surgery
Adenocarcinoma rabbit
Adenocarcinoma rabbit: case
Adenocarcinoma rabbit: case explanation
Question: Spaying rabbits
What is next?
Case: rat does not eat
Case: Mongolian gerbil with fracture
Biography
Claudia and Manfred Hochleithner
Diplomate European College of Zoological Medicine
We are currently offering this course for free
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Regular price
You can use your certificate to claim CE points. For example; the Austrian Veterinary Chamber will award 2,0 E-Learning CE points for this course
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