Someone wanted to see cool xrays...

[JordanAng420]

There's a suprise at the end, so make sure you look at the last picture.
I didn't go to work today, but I took some cool xrays out of my reptile bible.
Kudos for the photos goes to Dr. Doug Mader, author of "Reptile Medicine And Surgery". Enjoy.

Spinal osteopathy resulting from severe nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism in a green iguana iguana

The four most common reptilian metabolic bone diseases. Clockwise from top right: Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism, Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism, Hypertrophic osteopathy, Osteopetrosis

Bladder stone in an Argentine Horned Frog

Gravid Desert Tortoise, and Veiled Chameleon

Green Iguana with ovarian carcinoma

Collard Lizard with "pea gravel" sold as "too large to swallow"

Leopard Gecko with FATAL gastrointestinal impaction who was kept on "safe, digestable calcium sand" as substrate

American Alligator with fish hook

And last, but most certainly not least...This is one of my all time favorites. Animal Control brought a 12 food long Burmese Python to the hospital. It was found under a woman's house trailer- her dog was missing. Animal control needed to know if the snake had eaten the woman's dog...you decide for yourself.

 

[Srt14292]

Wow, what book was this? I might have to look into getting a copy.

 

[JordanAng420]

It's called "Reptile Medicine And Surgery" by Doug Mader, DVM. It's a little pricey (here in the states it's about $115 or so) but for me it's worth every penny.

 

[Srt14292]

DAMN! thats a little pricey ill see what prices I come up with, maybe thats something to ask "santa" for this year. HAA

 

[SFgeckos]

Thanks for sharing!

Here's an interesting set of radiographs I posted on another thread:
desert tortoise with eggs and a nail!

ps- Are those photos from the first edition (all black cover)?

Jon

 

[ILoveGeckos14]

I was looking at secondary hyperthyroidism in reptiles earlier today! Is it due to prolonged imbalanced Ca ratios? Thanks for sharing these.

 

[gitrdone0420]

The alligator with the fish hook is really cool! Wondering how they actually convinced the Alligator to let them take XRays ;-)

And the last picture is just awesome! =] We have radiographs of a snake that ate a mouse, just to see what it looked like because we were messing around.. I will see if I can find them.

Thanks for posting! I want to get that book. $115 isnt that bad for that kind of book.

 

[JordanAng420]

ps- Are those photos from the first edition (all black cover)?

Jon

Yessir! You're good.

I was looking at secondary hyperthyroidism in reptiles earlier today! Is it due to prolonged imbalanced Ca ratios? Thanks for sharing these.

Without launching into one of my technician school research paper lectures, in a nutshell, that is the most common cause of nutritional hyperparathyroidism. Additionally, there are systemic diseases that cause this kind of bone disorder, but Mader says that over half the time it's caused by improper supplementation and husbandry.

The alligator with the fish hook is really cool! Wondering how they actually convinced the Alligator to let them take XRays ;-)

It's called ANESTHESIA. Sleeping patients are the best patients, that's why it's my specialty field.

 

[SFgeckos]

No, I'm not psychic- I just have both editions =)
The second edition is almost double the page volume and many more photos!

Just curious, in terms of "specializing" in a particular area of interest, what additional classes/hours/certifications are required? I know this may vary from state to state, because in California we call you "RVTs" instead of CVTs =P

Jon

 

[JordanAng420]

No, I'm not psychic- I just have both editions =)
The second edition is almost double the page volume and many more photos!

Just curious, in terms of "specializing" in a particular area of interest, what additional classes/hours/certifications are required? I know this may vary from state to state, because in California we call you "RVTs" instead of CVTs =P

Jon

Ya know what? I DO have the second edition. I just double checked.

The anesthesia specialty is a 2 year time frame. It requires you to spend a certain number of hours working in that field, preferably at a specialty-type practice. You have to have doctors that are willing to expand and learn with you and be able to find a doctor who can mentor you in the more involved cases. anesthesia requrires that your spend 75% of your time doing anesthesia. You must have a veterinarian that is boarded in certain specialities write a letter of recommendation for you, anesthesia stressed that you need to make sure you have the workload and cases (100 over 2 years I believe) to support the caseload. I think all of them have CE requirements and often the speaker has to have credentials in that specialty in order for the CE to count. At the end of the 2 years, you are required to present a certain number of "case studies" on certain topics such as "Metabolic Bone Disorders And Their Effect On Reptiles under Isoflurane".

it is very time consuming and not something you do "in your spare time."

it's a little like being drafted...you are thrown into your work head first and it's sink or swim from the beginning to the end.

 

[JordanAng420]

Oh yeah, just for clarification, the specialty degree is a 2 year degree ON TOP OF the associates degree I have in veterinary technology.

 

[SFgeckos]

Thank you for the information!

To be honest I've never looked into the exact requirements for RVT specializations- I just sign their paperwork!