Zoological Medicine

.The zoological medicine service provides the medical care of exotic animals, whether they are exotic pets, wildlife species, or animals from public zoological parks and aquariums. The service veterinarians and staff believe that any animal should receive the highest quality medical care, regardless of the species. The term - exotic animal - is a catch-all term that refers to all animals not represented by common domestic animals, such as dogs, cats, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, cattle, and poultry. Examples of exotic animals the service commonly provides medical care for include birds, such as parrots, raptors, waterfowl, poultry, and passerines; reptiles, such as snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises, and crocodilians; small mammal pets, such as rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, mice, hedgehogs, and sugar gliders; fish, both pond and aquarium fish; and other mammals, such as exotic canids, felids, ursids, procyonids, and mustelids to name the most common ones.

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