Full Name
Matthew Rendle
Speaker Bio
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I am hardworking and enthusiastic about my career as a veterinary nurse. I work well, both individually and as part of a team. Although I take my work seriously, I help to maintain a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere as well as promoting a professional attitude to veterinary nursing and maintaining a high standard of animal care and welfare in every veterinary environment. I am flexible and adaptable, well organised and methodical, an excellent communicator and effective under pressure.
Employment History
August 2014 – Present Conservation Veterinary Nurse
Wildlife Vets International
Station Works
Thwaites, Keighley BD21 4NQ
In this role I am involved in all aspects of modern veterinary conservation, from identification of suitable NGO’s and projects. Submitting funding applications, fundraising and sourcing of equipment and consumables, as well as traveling to projects and improving the standard of veterinary services these projects provide. This is achieved by engaging with all key stakeholders and working with them to assess and document any knowledge or protocol gaps, then writing protocols and conducting practical training sessions to improve the care they provide. Increasing the likelihood of the engaged target species being given appropriate veterinary care, being rehabilitated and returned to the wild safely and successfully. My current projects focal species include:
● White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis – collaborating with RAKSHA/WTI/IFAW in India.
● Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta – collaborating with ARCELON in Greece.
● White-naped mangabey Cercocebus lunulatus – collaborating with WAPCA in Ghana.
August 2021- May 2024
Tari Vets
94-96 Hutton Road Essex CM15 8NB
I have doubled the clinical team,increased profit and reduced expenditure for Tari Vets by X amount, now managing 12 staff. My responsibilities include:
● Staff training, producing protocols and SOP’s
● Support for huge variety of species from small lizards to large birds
● Educating the team of optimal care for our patients
● Introduced a review process for all staff
August 2018 – 2021 Nurse Manager and Lead Exotics Nurse
Holly House Veterinary Hospital
468 Street Lane, Leeds LS17 6HA
This role involved me mentoring the other head nurses and managing over 30 members of the veterinary team, to enable us to maintain a high level of veterinary care at all times. My responsibilities include:
● Progressed the OOH service provision for 13 local practices
● Facilitated taking on the EEC case load from three local zoological collections
● Expanded the veterinary nursing team by a third to over 30 members of staff
● Managed the in-house training programme which I set up for nurses and vets on numerous aspects of the care of exotics
● Wrote and instigated new nursing role descriptions to improve clinical efficiency
● Facilitated new CT scanning training and written protocols
● Carried out lectures for the IVC nurse academy
August 2017 – August 2018 Senior Veterinary Nurse
Wheelhouse Veterinary Group
Amersham Road, Chesham HP5 1NQ
General nursing, instrumental in carrying out a subjective assessment of nursing provision and structure.
December 2012 – April 2017 Senior Clinical Veterinary Nurse
July 2003 – December 2012 Veterinary Nurse
Zoological Society of London, London Zoo, Regents Park NW1 4RY
My position at ZSL enabled me to gain a broad knowledge of zoo and wildlife veterinary nursing and I have extensive experience of nursing animals from all taxonomic groups. My role also involved carrying out animal training, using operant conditioning and positive reinforcement, such as clicker training in various species including gorillas, tigers, and Komodo dragons. My responsibilities included:
● Training of staff in the UK and overseas
● Assisting with the teaching of vet students on the MSc Wild Animal Health course
● Postmortem examinations and disease investigation
● Transportation of animals and health screening
● Involvement in In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation Projects
● Providing support for ‘Natural England’ projects
● Veterinary liaison for the BIAZA Reptile and Amphibian Working group
● Veterinary liaison between the FBH, BVZS and ZSL.
● ZSL Radiation Protection advisor
As Senior Clinical Veterinary Nurse, further responsibilities included:
● Staff line management of four veterinary nurses and a zookeeper
● Overseeing the import and export of animals for ZSL
● Risk assessments
● Quarantine plans, including training, enrichment, nutrition, training and veterinary care
● Venomous handler for veterinary procedures
● Documenting the importation of drugs
● Maintaining all equipment including darting equipment
● Organising veterinary nursing work experience
● Supporting ZSL conservation field projects in countries such as India
● Securing funding from NGO’s to fund veterinary nursing support of field projects
● Setting up and maintaining the Internship in Zoo and Wildlife Veterinary Nursing in conjunction with the Royal Veterinary College
June 1994 – July 2003 Senior Theatre Nurse
September 1989 – June 1994 Veterinary Nurse
The Park Veterinary Centre, 256 Cassiobury Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire WD1 3AP
Education & Qualifications
Qualification Academic Institution Year
RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Nursing Oaklands College of Agriculture, St Albans 1992
GCSEs – Grade C in Biology, Mathematics Queen’s School, Bushey 1989
English, Craft Design & Technology
Professional Positions and Committees
Board Member of ACOVENE Since 2019
Reviewer/Editor and columnist (‘Matts Master Class’) ‘VN Times’ Since 2018
Reviewer/Editor for ‘The Veterinary Nurse’ Since 2015
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons elected Veterinary Nursing council member Since 2016
Chair of the Association of Zoo and Exotic Veterinary Nurses Since 2015
British Veterinary Nursing Association elected council member 2013-2016
Associate Guest Lecturer, Royal Veterinary College 2013-2016
Lectures
Since 2000, I have delivered many international and UK-based lectures at conferences and CPD meetings for the following organisations:
AVA (Association of Veterinary Anesthetists)
BSAVA (British Small Animal Veterinary Association)
BVNA (British Veterinary Nursing Association)
BVZS (British Veterinary Zoological Society)
AZEVN (Association of Zoo and Exotic Veterinary Nurses)
ICARE (International Conference on Avian Herpetology and Exotic Mammal Medicine)
AZVT (Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians)
ISTS (International Sea Turtle Symposium)
ETA (European Turtle Alliance)
FECAVA (Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations)
EERVC (Eastern European Regions Veterinary Conference)
Further details can be provided on request.
Awards and Recognition
Winner of the BSAVA 2020 Bruce Vivash Jones Veterinary Nursing Award for outstanding contributions and advancement of small animal veterinary nursing.
Winner of the AZVT Best Presentation Award at the 2019 conference, in Denver, Colorado, for lecture entitled ‘A survey of blood lead levels in black kites (Milvus migrans govinda) as a model for predicting levels in critically endangered White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in Ahmedabad, India’.
Recognised by the RCVS in 2019 for being an outstanding leader within the veterinary nursing profession, as part of a project promoting diversity within key leaders in both veterinary professions.
Other Interests
I am a keen herpetoculturist and I have been successful in breeding many species over the years. I find their husbandry and breeding strategies fascinating and challenging. I am an active member of the Thames and Chiltern, and British, Herpetological Societies. I have been involved in several local conservation projects and lectured on a range of herpetological subjects in the UK and abroad, including poison dart frogs, chameleon species and various aspects of reptile and amphibian health and welfare.
Publications
Norfolk, M., Bielby, J., Figueiredo Passos, L., Reddon, A.R. and Rendle, M., 2024. Nutraceutical supplementation increases mobility in aged captive non‐domesticated felids. Veterinary Record, p.e3797.
Bielby, J., Ferguson, A., Rendle, M. and McMillan, K.M., 2023. Online classified adverts reflect the broader United Kingdom trade in turtles and tortoises rather than drive it. Plos one, 18(7), p.e0288725.
Rendle, M., and Hinde-Megarity, J (eds.) (2022) BSAVA Manual of Practical Veterinary Welfare, BSAVA, Quedgely, Gloucs.
Rendle, M., (2022) OneHealth. In: Rendle, M., and Hinde-Megarity, J (eds.) (2022) BSAVA Manual of Practical Veterinary Welfare, BSAVA, Quedgely, Gloucs p.209-229
McCabe, K. A., Rendle, M., Harsch, S., & Lumbis, R. (2020). Prognostic Indicators of Avian Survival. Journal of avian medicine and surgery, 34(3), 243–249. https://doi.org/10.1647/1082-6742-34.3.243
Clayton, A., Harsch, S., Rendle, M., Jadhav, S.S., and Hess, A.R.G.S. (2020). “A Comparison of Respiratory Variables in a Wild Population of Ventilated and Nonventilated Black Kites (Milvus migrans govinda)”, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 34(2), 158-163.
Rendle, M., Clayton, A., Harsh, S. (2019). ‘A survey of blood lead levels in black kites (Milvus migrans govinda) as a model for predicting levels in critically endangered White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in Ahmedabad, India’. Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians conference proceedings, pp.23-25.
Rendle, M. (2019). ‘Nutrition’. In: Girling, S.J., and Raiti, P., eds. BSAVA Manual of Reptiles. Gloucester: BSAVA. Ch.4.
Rendle, M., and Calvert, I. (2019). ‘Nutritional Problems’. In: Girling, S.J., and Raiti, P., eds. BSAVA Manual of Reptiles. Gloucester: BSAVA. Ch.22.
Jayson, S., Masters, N., Strike, T., Rendle, M., Sparrow, S., Peters, L.M., and Bates, N. (2019). ‘Successful management of Heinz body hemolytic anemia associated with leek (Allium ampeloprasum) ingestion in a South American Coati (Nasua nasua)’. Journal of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care, 30(1) pp.86-91.
Flach, E.J., Feltrer, Y., Gower, D.J., Jayson, S., Michaels, C.J., Pocknell, A., Rivers, S., Perkins, M., Rendle, M.E., Stidworthy, M.F., Tapley, B., Wilkinson, M. & Masters, N. (2019). ‘Postmortem findings in eight species of captive caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) over a ten-year period’. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50(4) pp.879–890.
Flach, E.J., Dagleish, M.P., Feltrer, Y., Gill, I.S., Marschang, R.E., Masters, N., Oros, J., Pocknell, A., Rendle, M.E., Strike, T., Tapley, B. & Wheelhouse, N.M. (2018). ‘Ferlavirus-related deaths in a collection of viperid snakes’. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 49(4) pp.983–995.
Michaels, C., Rendle. M., Gibault, C., Lopez, J., Garcia, G., Perkins, M.W., Cameron, S., and Tapley, B. (2018). ‘Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and treatment in the salamanders Ambystoma andersonii, A. dumerilii and A. mexicanum’. Herpetological Journal. 28, pp.87-92.
Strike, T.B., Bielby, J., Feltrer, Y., Alibhai, H.I.K., Rendle, M., and McCallum Neilson, D. (2017). ‘Comparison of isoflurane and sevoflurane for short-term anesthesia in Meerkats (Suricata suricatta)- are there benefits that outweigh costs’. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 48(2) pp.371-379.
Tapley, B., Bielby, J., Bohm, M. Rendle, M., Turvey, S. et al. (2017). ‘Zoological Society of London: Contributions towards advancing the field of herpetology through conservation, research, captive management and education’. Herpetological Bulletin. 139, pp. 1-6.
Bryant, Z., Harding, L., Grant, S. and Rendle, M. (2016). ‘A method for blood sampling the Galápagos tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra using operant conditioning for voluntary blood draws’. The Herpetological Bulletin. 135, pp.7-10.
Tapley, B., Rendle, M., Baines, F.M., Goetz, M., Bradfield, K.S., Rood, D., Lopez, J., Garcia, G., Routh, A. (2015). ‘Itraconazole treatment of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection in captive caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) and the first case of Bd in a wild neotropical caecilian’. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 3 (4) pp.137-140.
Tapley, B., Rendle, M., Baines, F.M., Goetz, M., Bradfield, K.S., Rood, D., Lopez, J., Garcia, G., Routh, A. (2015). ‘Meeting Ultraviolet B radiation requirements of Amphibians in captivity: A case study with Mountain Chicken Frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) and general recommendations for pre-release health screening’. Journal of Zoo Biology, 34 (1) pp.46-52.
Mumby, C., Bouts. T., Sambrook, L., Danika, S., Rees, E., Parry, A., Rendle, M., Masters, N., Weller R. (2013). ‘Validation of a new radiographic protocol for Asian Elephant feet and description of their radiographic anatomy’. Veterinary Record, 173 (13) pp.318
Rendle, M., Cracknell, J., (2012). ‘Reptiles: biology and husbandry’. In: M. Varga, R. Lumbis and L. Gott, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pet and Wildlife Nursing. Gloucester: BSAVA. Ch.4.
Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Martel, A., Wombwell, E., Van Rooij, P., Zollinger, R., Woeltjes, T., Rendle, M., Haesebrouck, F., Pasmans, F. (2011). ‘Clinically healthy amphibians in captive collections and at pet fairs: A reservoir of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis’, Amphibia-Reptilia. 32 (3) pp.419-423.
Pizzi, R., Martinez Pereira, Y., Feltner Rambaud, Y., Strike, T., Flach, E., Rendle, M., Routh, A. (2009). ‘Secundum atrial septal defect in a Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)’, Veterinary Record. 164, pp.472-473.
Abstracts
Pizzi, R., Metastatic vascular calcification in two captive female Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis). 43rd International Symposium on the Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals. Edinburgh, UK, May 2007.
Boardman, W., What is killing our captive Komodo dragons? BIAZA Annual Zoo Research symposium. Colchester, UK, July 2006.
I am hardworking and enthusiastic about my career as a veterinary nurse. I work well, both individually and as part of a team. Although I take my work seriously, I help to maintain a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere as well as promoting a professional attitude to veterinary nursing and maintaining a high standard of animal care and welfare in every veterinary environment. I am flexible and adaptable, well organised and methodical, an excellent communicator and effective under pressure.
Employment History
August 2014 – Present Conservation Veterinary Nurse
Wildlife Vets International
Station Works
Thwaites, Keighley BD21 4NQ
In this role I am involved in all aspects of modern veterinary conservation, from identification of suitable NGO’s and projects. Submitting funding applications, fundraising and sourcing of equipment and consumables, as well as traveling to projects and improving the standard of veterinary services these projects provide. This is achieved by engaging with all key stakeholders and working with them to assess and document any knowledge or protocol gaps, then writing protocols and conducting practical training sessions to improve the care they provide. Increasing the likelihood of the engaged target species being given appropriate veterinary care, being rehabilitated and returned to the wild safely and successfully. My current projects focal species include:
● White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis – collaborating with RAKSHA/WTI/IFAW in India.
● Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta – collaborating with ARCELON in Greece.
● White-naped mangabey Cercocebus lunulatus – collaborating with WAPCA in Ghana.
August 2021- May 2024
Tari Vets
94-96 Hutton Road Essex CM15 8NB
I have doubled the clinical team,increased profit and reduced expenditure for Tari Vets by X amount, now managing 12 staff. My responsibilities include:
● Staff training, producing protocols and SOP’s
● Support for huge variety of species from small lizards to large birds
● Educating the team of optimal care for our patients
● Introduced a review process for all staff
August 2018 – 2021 Nurse Manager and Lead Exotics Nurse
Holly House Veterinary Hospital
468 Street Lane, Leeds LS17 6HA
This role involved me mentoring the other head nurses and managing over 30 members of the veterinary team, to enable us to maintain a high level of veterinary care at all times. My responsibilities include:
● Progressed the OOH service provision for 13 local practices
● Facilitated taking on the EEC case load from three local zoological collections
● Expanded the veterinary nursing team by a third to over 30 members of staff
● Managed the in-house training programme which I set up for nurses and vets on numerous aspects of the care of exotics
● Wrote and instigated new nursing role descriptions to improve clinical efficiency
● Facilitated new CT scanning training and written protocols
● Carried out lectures for the IVC nurse academy
August 2017 – August 2018 Senior Veterinary Nurse
Wheelhouse Veterinary Group
Amersham Road, Chesham HP5 1NQ
General nursing, instrumental in carrying out a subjective assessment of nursing provision and structure.
December 2012 – April 2017 Senior Clinical Veterinary Nurse
July 2003 – December 2012 Veterinary Nurse
Zoological Society of London, London Zoo, Regents Park NW1 4RY
My position at ZSL enabled me to gain a broad knowledge of zoo and wildlife veterinary nursing and I have extensive experience of nursing animals from all taxonomic groups. My role also involved carrying out animal training, using operant conditioning and positive reinforcement, such as clicker training in various species including gorillas, tigers, and Komodo dragons. My responsibilities included:
● Training of staff in the UK and overseas
● Assisting with the teaching of vet students on the MSc Wild Animal Health course
● Postmortem examinations and disease investigation
● Transportation of animals and health screening
● Involvement in In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation Projects
● Providing support for ‘Natural England’ projects
● Veterinary liaison for the BIAZA Reptile and Amphibian Working group
● Veterinary liaison between the FBH, BVZS and ZSL.
● ZSL Radiation Protection advisor
As Senior Clinical Veterinary Nurse, further responsibilities included:
● Staff line management of four veterinary nurses and a zookeeper
● Overseeing the import and export of animals for ZSL
● Risk assessments
● Quarantine plans, including training, enrichment, nutrition, training and veterinary care
● Venomous handler for veterinary procedures
● Documenting the importation of drugs
● Maintaining all equipment including darting equipment
● Organising veterinary nursing work experience
● Supporting ZSL conservation field projects in countries such as India
● Securing funding from NGO’s to fund veterinary nursing support of field projects
● Setting up and maintaining the Internship in Zoo and Wildlife Veterinary Nursing in conjunction with the Royal Veterinary College
June 1994 – July 2003 Senior Theatre Nurse
September 1989 – June 1994 Veterinary Nurse
The Park Veterinary Centre, 256 Cassiobury Drive, Watford, Hertfordshire WD1 3AP
Education & Qualifications
Qualification Academic Institution Year
RCVS Certificate in Veterinary Nursing Oaklands College of Agriculture, St Albans 1992
GCSEs – Grade C in Biology, Mathematics Queen’s School, Bushey 1989
English, Craft Design & Technology
Professional Positions and Committees
Board Member of ACOVENE Since 2019
Reviewer/Editor and columnist (‘Matts Master Class’) ‘VN Times’ Since 2018
Reviewer/Editor for ‘The Veterinary Nurse’ Since 2015
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons elected Veterinary Nursing council member Since 2016
Chair of the Association of Zoo and Exotic Veterinary Nurses Since 2015
British Veterinary Nursing Association elected council member 2013-2016
Associate Guest Lecturer, Royal Veterinary College 2013-2016
Lectures
Since 2000, I have delivered many international and UK-based lectures at conferences and CPD meetings for the following organisations:
AVA (Association of Veterinary Anesthetists)
BSAVA (British Small Animal Veterinary Association)
BVNA (British Veterinary Nursing Association)
BVZS (British Veterinary Zoological Society)
AZEVN (Association of Zoo and Exotic Veterinary Nurses)
ICARE (International Conference on Avian Herpetology and Exotic Mammal Medicine)
AZVT (Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians)
ISTS (International Sea Turtle Symposium)
ETA (European Turtle Alliance)
FECAVA (Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations)
EERVC (Eastern European Regions Veterinary Conference)
Further details can be provided on request.
Awards and Recognition
Winner of the BSAVA 2020 Bruce Vivash Jones Veterinary Nursing Award for outstanding contributions and advancement of small animal veterinary nursing.
Winner of the AZVT Best Presentation Award at the 2019 conference, in Denver, Colorado, for lecture entitled ‘A survey of blood lead levels in black kites (Milvus migrans govinda) as a model for predicting levels in critically endangered White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in Ahmedabad, India’.
Recognised by the RCVS in 2019 for being an outstanding leader within the veterinary nursing profession, as part of a project promoting diversity within key leaders in both veterinary professions.
Other Interests
I am a keen herpetoculturist and I have been successful in breeding many species over the years. I find their husbandry and breeding strategies fascinating and challenging. I am an active member of the Thames and Chiltern, and British, Herpetological Societies. I have been involved in several local conservation projects and lectured on a range of herpetological subjects in the UK and abroad, including poison dart frogs, chameleon species and various aspects of reptile and amphibian health and welfare.
Publications
Norfolk, M., Bielby, J., Figueiredo Passos, L., Reddon, A.R. and Rendle, M., 2024. Nutraceutical supplementation increases mobility in aged captive non‐domesticated felids. Veterinary Record, p.e3797.
Bielby, J., Ferguson, A., Rendle, M. and McMillan, K.M., 2023. Online classified adverts reflect the broader United Kingdom trade in turtles and tortoises rather than drive it. Plos one, 18(7), p.e0288725.
Rendle, M., and Hinde-Megarity, J (eds.) (2022) BSAVA Manual of Practical Veterinary Welfare, BSAVA, Quedgely, Gloucs.
Rendle, M., (2022) OneHealth. In: Rendle, M., and Hinde-Megarity, J (eds.) (2022) BSAVA Manual of Practical Veterinary Welfare, BSAVA, Quedgely, Gloucs p.209-229
McCabe, K. A., Rendle, M., Harsch, S., & Lumbis, R. (2020). Prognostic Indicators of Avian Survival. Journal of avian medicine and surgery, 34(3), 243–249. https://doi.org/10.1647/1082-6742-34.3.243
Clayton, A., Harsch, S., Rendle, M., Jadhav, S.S., and Hess, A.R.G.S. (2020). “A Comparison of Respiratory Variables in a Wild Population of Ventilated and Nonventilated Black Kites (Milvus migrans govinda)”, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 34(2), 158-163.
Rendle, M., Clayton, A., Harsh, S. (2019). ‘A survey of blood lead levels in black kites (Milvus migrans govinda) as a model for predicting levels in critically endangered White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) in Ahmedabad, India’. Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians conference proceedings, pp.23-25.
Rendle, M. (2019). ‘Nutrition’. In: Girling, S.J., and Raiti, P., eds. BSAVA Manual of Reptiles. Gloucester: BSAVA. Ch.4.
Rendle, M., and Calvert, I. (2019). ‘Nutritional Problems’. In: Girling, S.J., and Raiti, P., eds. BSAVA Manual of Reptiles. Gloucester: BSAVA. Ch.22.
Jayson, S., Masters, N., Strike, T., Rendle, M., Sparrow, S., Peters, L.M., and Bates, N. (2019). ‘Successful management of Heinz body hemolytic anemia associated with leek (Allium ampeloprasum) ingestion in a South American Coati (Nasua nasua)’. Journal of Veterinary Emergency Critical Care, 30(1) pp.86-91.
Flach, E.J., Feltrer, Y., Gower, D.J., Jayson, S., Michaels, C.J., Pocknell, A., Rivers, S., Perkins, M., Rendle, M.E., Stidworthy, M.F., Tapley, B., Wilkinson, M. & Masters, N. (2019). ‘Postmortem findings in eight species of captive caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) over a ten-year period’. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50(4) pp.879–890.
Flach, E.J., Dagleish, M.P., Feltrer, Y., Gill, I.S., Marschang, R.E., Masters, N., Oros, J., Pocknell, A., Rendle, M.E., Strike, T., Tapley, B. & Wheelhouse, N.M. (2018). ‘Ferlavirus-related deaths in a collection of viperid snakes’. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 49(4) pp.983–995.
Michaels, C., Rendle. M., Gibault, C., Lopez, J., Garcia, G., Perkins, M.W., Cameron, S., and Tapley, B. (2018). ‘Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and treatment in the salamanders Ambystoma andersonii, A. dumerilii and A. mexicanum’. Herpetological Journal. 28, pp.87-92.
Strike, T.B., Bielby, J., Feltrer, Y., Alibhai, H.I.K., Rendle, M., and McCallum Neilson, D. (2017). ‘Comparison of isoflurane and sevoflurane for short-term anesthesia in Meerkats (Suricata suricatta)- are there benefits that outweigh costs’. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 48(2) pp.371-379.
Tapley, B., Bielby, J., Bohm, M. Rendle, M., Turvey, S. et al. (2017). ‘Zoological Society of London: Contributions towards advancing the field of herpetology through conservation, research, captive management and education’. Herpetological Bulletin. 139, pp. 1-6.
Bryant, Z., Harding, L., Grant, S. and Rendle, M. (2016). ‘A method for blood sampling the Galápagos tortoise, Chelonoidis nigra using operant conditioning for voluntary blood draws’. The Herpetological Bulletin. 135, pp.7-10.
Tapley, B., Rendle, M., Baines, F.M., Goetz, M., Bradfield, K.S., Rood, D., Lopez, J., Garcia, G., Routh, A. (2015). ‘Itraconazole treatment of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection in captive caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) and the first case of Bd in a wild neotropical caecilian’. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 3 (4) pp.137-140.
Tapley, B., Rendle, M., Baines, F.M., Goetz, M., Bradfield, K.S., Rood, D., Lopez, J., Garcia, G., Routh, A. (2015). ‘Meeting Ultraviolet B radiation requirements of Amphibians in captivity: A case study with Mountain Chicken Frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) and general recommendations for pre-release health screening’. Journal of Zoo Biology, 34 (1) pp.46-52.
Mumby, C., Bouts. T., Sambrook, L., Danika, S., Rees, E., Parry, A., Rendle, M., Masters, N., Weller R. (2013). ‘Validation of a new radiographic protocol for Asian Elephant feet and description of their radiographic anatomy’. Veterinary Record, 173 (13) pp.318
Rendle, M., Cracknell, J., (2012). ‘Reptiles: biology and husbandry’. In: M. Varga, R. Lumbis and L. Gott, eds. BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pet and Wildlife Nursing. Gloucester: BSAVA. Ch.4.
Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Martel, A., Wombwell, E., Van Rooij, P., Zollinger, R., Woeltjes, T., Rendle, M., Haesebrouck, F., Pasmans, F. (2011). ‘Clinically healthy amphibians in captive collections and at pet fairs: A reservoir of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis’, Amphibia-Reptilia. 32 (3) pp.419-423.
Pizzi, R., Martinez Pereira, Y., Feltner Rambaud, Y., Strike, T., Flach, E., Rendle, M., Routh, A. (2009). ‘Secundum atrial septal defect in a Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)’, Veterinary Record. 164, pp.472-473.
Abstracts
Pizzi, R., Metastatic vascular calcification in two captive female Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis). 43rd International Symposium on the Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals. Edinburgh, UK, May 2007.
Boardman, W., What is killing our captive Komodo dragons? BIAZA Annual Zoo Research symposium. Colchester, UK, July 2006.
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