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Wildlife rehabilitation standards and reviews

Perceptions of responsibility and capability for treating wildlife casualties in UK veterinary practices Barnes E, Farnworth MJ Veterinary Record, 2017; 180, 197 (not open access).

Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife and in the built environment in a wildlife rehabilitation center Baros Jorquera C, Moreno-Switt AI, Sallaberry-Pincheira N, Munita JM, Flores Navarro C, Tardone R, González-Rocha G, Singer RS, Bueno I. One Health 2021, 13, 100298.

Good Practice Guidelines for Wildlife Rehabilitation Centres British Veterinary Zoological Society 2016 (open access) https://www.bvzs.org/images/uploads/BVZS_Good_Practice_Guidelines_for_Wildlife_Centres_011016_.pdf

Minimum Standards for Wildlife Rehabilitation (4th Edition) Miller EA IWRC 2012 (open access) http://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Standards-4th-Ed-2012-final.pdf

Veterinary treatment and rehabilitation of indigenous wildlife Mullineaux E Journal of Small Animal practice, 2014; 55, 293-300 (open access) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jsap.12213

Legal responsibilities of veterinary professionals when working with wildlife centres Mullineaux E Companion Animal 2016 21:10, 592-597 (not open access)

First opinion veterinary surgeons and wildlife rehabilitation Mullineaux E and Kidner P BSAVA Companion, February 2021; pp 10 - 15 (not open access)

Wildlife rehabilitation and conservation

Putting Theory into Practice: Wildlife Health in Conservation. Deem SL, Karesh WB, Weisman W Conserv. Biol. 2001, 15, 1224–1233 

Review of the Population and Conservation Status of British Mammals. A Report by the Mammal Society under Contract to Natural England, Natural Resources Wales and Scottish Natural Heritage Mathews F, Kubasiewicz LM, Gurnell J, Harrower CA, McDonald RA, Shore RFA Natural England: Peterborough, UK, 2018; ISBN 978-1-78354-494-3.

Population-level effects of wildlife rehabilitation and release vary with life-history strategy Paterson JE, Carstairs S, Davy CM J. Nat. Conserv. 2021, 61, 125983.

Conservation and the 4 Rs, which are rescue, rehabilitation, release, and research. Pyke GH, Szabo JK Conserv. Biol. 2018, 32, 50–59.

The Influence of Human– Animal Interactions on Mental and Physical Health during the First COVID-19 Lockdown Phase in the U.K.: A Qualitative Exploration. Shoesmith E, Shahab L, Kale D, Mills DS, Reeve C, Toner P, Santos de Assis L, Ratschen, E Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 76.

I. Birds of Conservation Concern 5 Stanbury AJ, Eaton MA, Aebischer NJ, Balmer D, Brown AF, Douse A, Lindley P, McCulloch N, Noble DG, Win Br. Birds 2021, 114, 723–747. https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/publications/bocc-5-a5-4pp-single-pages.pdf

Avian behaviour changes in response to human activity during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom. Warrington MH, Schrimpf MB, Des Brisay P, Taylor ME, Koper N Proc. R. Soc. B 2022, 2740, 20212740.

Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain. Woods M, McDonald RA, Harris S Mammal Rev. 2003, 33, 174.

Wildlife rehabilitation admissions and outcomes

A systematic review of factors affecting wildlife survival during rehabilitation and release. Cope HR, McArthur C, Dickman CR, Newsome TM, Gray R, Herbert CA https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265514

A review of RSPCA research into wildlife rehabilitation Grogan A, Kelly A Veterinary Record, 2013; 172, 211. (not open access)

Factors that can be used to predict release rates for wildlife casualties Molony S, Baker P, Garland L, Cuthill I, Harris S Anim. Welf. 2007, 16, 361–367

The effect of translocation and temporary captivity on wildlife rehabilitation success: An experimental study using European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus). Molony SE, Dowding CV, Baker PJ, Cuthill IC Harris S Biol. Conserv. 2006, 130, 530–537

Trends in Admissions and Outcomes at a British Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre over a Ten-Year Period (2012–2022) Mullineaux E, Pawson C Animals 2024, 14, 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010086

Wildlife pathology

Garden Wildlife Health Disease Fact Sheets https://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/garden-wildlife/  (open access)

Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals and Birds in Europe Gavier-Widen D, Meredith A, Duff JP Wiley-Blackwell 2012

General wildlife medicine textbooks and papers

Medical Management of Wildlife Species A Guide for Veterinary Practitioners Sonia M. Hernandez, Heather W. Barron, Erica A. Miller, Roberto F. Aguilar, Michael J. Yabsley (Eds) Wiley Blackwell 2019

Principles of triage and first aid in wildlife casualties Mullineaux E Companion Animal, 2017; 22:6, 350-356 (not open access)

Veterinary care of British wildlife casualties Mullineaux E and Keeble E BSAVA Companion August 2017, pp 12 - 14 (not open access)

BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties (2nd Edition) Mullineaux E, Keeble E (Eds.) (2016) BSAVA Publications, Gloucester Available from: https://www.bsavalibrary.com/content/book/10.22233/9781910443316

Medicines and formularies

BSAVA Guide to the Use of Medicines 2023 (open access) https://www.bsavalibrary.com/content/chapter/10.22233/9781913859169.app1#abstract 

BSAVA Small Animal formulary, 11th Edition Part B: Exotic Pets 2020 BSAVA Publications, Gloucester

Paper edition: https://bsavaportal.bsava.com/s/store#/store/browse/detail/a1B8d000002f9AKEAY

Electronic edition (including open access wildlife doses): https://www.bsavalibrary.com/content/formulary/exotic-pets 

Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary () (6th Edition) Carpenter JW & Harms C Elsevier Saunders 2022

Wilson, H. (2023), Prescribing antimicrobials to wildlife without examination. In Practice, 45: 301-302. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.335 (2023), Comments on: Prescribing antimicrobials to wildlife without examination. In Practice, 45: 366-367. https://doi.org/10.1002/inpr.346

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