Wombats are diprotodont marsupials in the Family Vom- batidae. There are three species in two genera: the barenosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus),
southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus Iatifrons) and northern hairy-nosed wombat (L. krefftii). Their closest relative is the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). In recent years, emerging technologies, field tracking and camera trap studies, managed animal and conservation research and the publication of several clinical case reports have augmented the collective knowledge on wombat medicine detailed in Bryant and Reiss (2008) and Campbell-Ward (2019).
This chapter, complemented by several other chapters and appendices within this volume and other publications (Ladds 2009; Vogelnest 2015; Vogelnest and Allan 2015), presents advances in wombat medicine. Wombats are popular animals in zoos and wildlife parks throughout the world and in Australia free-ranging wombats are rescued and presented to veterinary clinics for issues such as motor vehicle trauma, orphaning/hand-rearing and sarcoptic mange. Wombat disease and ecology are active areas of field research and wildlife carer involvement in pharmacological interventions delivered in situ is increasing.1.
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