"Offering thorough coverage and a practical, visual approach, Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging: Birds, Exotic Pets, and Wildlife is your complete guide to all imaging modalities and the newest technologies and techniques available for pinpointing injury and disease in birds, reptiles, and mammals. Separate sections are devoted to each species, with information on normal anatomy and radiographic positioning for specific structures. Imaging findings are discussed along with specific problems related to trauma, fractures, disease, and infection."--Jacket.

Includes index.

Sect. I. The birds. Avian radiography and radiographic diagnosis -- Wild birds -- Cage birds -- The wing: particulars of flight -- The wing: normal gross anatomy -- The wing: radiography and normal radiographic anatomy -- The wing: normal computed tomographic anatomy -- The wing: an overview of wing injuries -- The wing: fracture types and tendencies -- The wing: fracture healing and nonhealing -- The wing: soft tissue injuries -- The wing: dislocation, fracture-dislocation, and traumatic amputation and avulsion -- The wing: gunshots -- The wing: infections -- the wing: posttraumatic osteoarthritis -- Spine, pelvis, and hips -- The leg -- The head -- The throat and neck -- The torso -- Sect. II. The mammals. Guinea pigs -- Hamsters -- Rats -- Chinchillas, degus, and gophers -- Hedgehogs -- Rabbits -- Ferrets -- Skunks, squirrels, raccoons, and armadillos -- Monkeys and other nonhuman primates -- Acreage pets: alpacas, llamas, miniature horses, miniature goats, and pot-bellied pigs -- Performance and demonstration pets: bear and bison -- Sect. III. The reptiles. Snakes -- Lizards -- Turtles -- Caimans.