Title: Clinical management of infant great apes :
Authors: Graham, Charles E.; Bowen, James A.; International Primatological Society.; International Primatological Society. Congress
Date: 1985
Publisher: A.R. Liss,
Physical description: xi, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: S
Contents: Preface- infant ape mortality: problem and promise / Charles E. Graham and James A. Bowen -- The hand-rearing unit: management decisions that may affect chimpanzee development / Jo Fritz and Paul Fritz -- The prevention and control of infectious disease in the nursery / Patricia L. Alford -- Changes in infant chimpanzee husbandry in response to a Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak / J.W. Eichberg -- Bacterial diseases of infant apes / Larry B. Cummins -- Viral diseases of infant great apes / S.S. Kalter -- Immunoprophylaxis in infant great apes / Michael R. Loomis -- Intensive care of infant chimpanzees / James A. Bowen -- Intravenous catheterization of infant chimpanzees / James A. Bowen and L.B. Cummins -- Nutritional management of infant apes / Jo Fritz, James W. Ebert, and James F. Carland -- Assessment of postnatal weight gain in nursery-reared infant chimpanzees / W.A. Lawrence and A.B. Gorzitze -- Determination of standard hematological and serum chemistry values for infant chimpanzees (0-14 months) / W.A. Lawrence -- Fetal maturity estimation by lecithin/sphingomyelin ratios, pregnancy duration, and cesarean section in chimpanzees / C.E. Graham, J.A. Bowen, B. Billhymer, and L.B. Cummins -- Perinatal care of apes: a neonatologist's viewpoint / Donald E. Hill -- Neonatal and infant mortality in captive-born great apes / U.S. Seal, N. Flesness, and T. Foose.
Subject headings (LCSH): Apes--Diseases--Congresses.; Apes--Infancy--Congresses.