Descriptive reports on the pathology of reptiles have been around since the mid-1800s, but until recently a single text devoted to pathogens and pathology of reptiles has been lacking. Far from the line drawings and black-and-white photos of the past, "Infectious Diseases and Pathology of Reptiles: [...]

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, not only in industrialized nations, but in less developed countries. It represents one of the major global public health challenges of the current century. This proposes that the causes of obesity are primarily socio-economic and the result of a distorted ag[...]