"This book describes how to handle and provide first aid, how to feed and release, and many other disciplines not featured in veterinary or nursing training. It lays out in a clear and simple fashion the support services that the veterinary nurse or rehabilitator can provide to assist the veterinary surgeon. The more common diseases where prophylactic treatments can easily be directed by a veterinary surgeon are included, as well as simple stabilisation techniques that can often be adopted to prevent pain and suffering and provide a long-term treatment of choice."--Jacket.

Prime directives -- First response -- Fluid therapy -- part I: building blocks -- Fluid therapy -- part II: administration -- Wound management -- part I: the biology of wounds -- Wound management -- part II: the treatment of wounds -- Biology and first aid of fractures -- Fracture management -- Avian wildlife disease -- Mammalian wildlife disease -- Garden birds -- The corn feeders -- Corvids -- Water birds -- ducks -- Water birds -- swans -- Geese and other water birds -- Birds of prey -- Seabirds -- Hand-rearing orphaned birds -- Small mammals -- Hedgehogs -- Rabbits and hares --Red fox -- Mustelids -- Deer -- Bats -- Other mammal species -- Rearing orphaned wild mammals -- Reptiles and amphibians.