Senior Staff

Editor-in-Chief - Thomas H. Boyer, DVM Scientific Editors - Charles I. Innis, DVM and Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD Assistant Editor - Lilia C. Boyer Art Director - Sally Hagy-Boyer

Editorial Advisory Board

Stephen L. Barten, DVM R. Avery Bennett, DVM, MS, DACVS Fredric L. Frye, MS, DVM, FRCM Elliott R. Jacobson, DVM, PhD, DACZM Martin P.C. Lawton, BVetMed, CertVOpthal, Cert LAS, FRCVS, RCVS (Exotics) Douglas R. Mader, DVM, MS, DABVP (Companion Animal) Charles J. Innis, VMD

Associate Editors

Teresa Bradley, DVM, Care In Captivity Dale DeNardo, DVM, PhD, Reproduction, Endocrinology Ellen Dierenfeld, PhD, Nutrition Notes Stephen J. Hemandez-Divers, BVetMed, D ZooMed ~ (Reptiles), MRCVS, Medicine Charles J. Innis, VMD, Special Sections Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, Anesthesia, Analgesia, Surgery Michael Gamer, DVM, DACVP, Pathology Pages

Section Editors

Nancy Carpenter, DVM, Book Reviews Charles J. Innis, VMD, Literature Review J. Jill Heatley, DVM, Techniques Paul M. Gibbons, DVM, What's Your Diagnosis Robert Nathan, DVM, Roundtable

Peer Review Editors

Rick Alleman, DVM, PhD Stephen L. Barten, DVM Avery Bennett, DVM Thomas H. Boyer, DVM Donal M. Boyer, Curator of Herpetology Teresa Bradley, DVM James Carpenter, DVM Graham Crawshaw, BVetMed, MS, MRCVS, DACZM Dale DeNardo, DVM, PhD Ellen S. Dierenfeld, PhD Mary Duncan, DVM Diane Dunning, DVM Stephen J. Hemandez-Divers, BVetMed, D ZooMed (Reptiles), MRCVS Mary Duncan, BVMS, PhD, DACVP Gary W. Ferguson, PhD Fredric L. Frye, DVM, MS, FRSM Michael M. Garner, DVM, DACVP Tom Geek, DVM Ned Gentz, DVM William Gehrmann, DVM Paul Gibbons, DVM Ellis Greiner, DVM William Griswold, DVM Charles J. Innis, VMD Elliott R. Jacobson, MS, DVM, PhD, DACZM Jay Johnson, DVM Roger J. Klingenberg, DVM Christin Kolmstetter, DVM Martin P.C. Lawton, BVetMed, CertVOpthal, Cert LAS, FRCVS, RCVS (Exotics) Greg Lewbart, DVM Mark Lloyd, DVM Bill Love Douglas R. Mader, MS, DVM, DABVP (Companion Animal) Lara Maxwell, DVM Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS Igor Mikaelian, DVM Byron JS de la Navarre, DVM Allen Pressier Edward Ramsay, DVM Jim Raymond, DVM Karen Rosenthal, DVM, DABVP (Avian) John Rossi, DVM Scott J. Stahl, DVM, DABVP (Avian) Yvonne Schulmann, DVM Brent R. Whitaker, MS, DVM Kevin M. Wright, DVM Zwart

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