Divers S J
Exotic Animal Centre, Harold Wood, Romford, Essex, United Kingdom.
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 1999 May;2(2):291-331. doi: 10.1016/s1094-9194(17)30126-3.
A detailed history and physical examination usually provides the veterinarian with a list of possible differential diagnoses and indicates which further investigations may be necessary to make a definitive diagnosis. Radiography, ultrasonography, endoscopy, hematology, blood biochemistry, and microbiological and parasitologic investigations are all proven techniques that are used extensively in reptile medicine. A logical case workup enables the clinician to make a previously elusive reptile diagnosis and offers this interesting group of animals veterinary services comparable with that already expected for more domesticated pets.
