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The book Chemical Restraint of Wild Animals offers a comprehensive ready reckoner for wildlife veterinarians and forest rangers on wild animal restraint and very practical information with a systematic documentation of species-specific immobilizing drugs, their administration techniques, monitoring, and potential complications. The book also provides information on a variety of anesthetic equipment, its usage, darting techniques, and precautions while restraining a wide range of wildlife species, including aquatic animals, aves, reptiles, rodents, carnivores, insectivores, ruminants, and large mammals like elephants and rhinoceroses.

The book will be useful for wildlife veterinarians and forest managers for the safe use of chemical restraint in the case of precious wildlife species for their clinical health management, experimentation, and translocation.

Naveen Kumar presently working as Professor and Head, Veterinary Clinical Complex, Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur, Rajasthan. After more than 34 years of service, he is superannuated as Principal Scientist from ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Educated at College of Veterinary Sciences, Bikaner Rajasthan, receiving BVSc & AH degree and MVSc degree in Veterinary Surgery and Radiology with First Class. He selected in Agricultural Research Services (ARS) in ICAR and joined at Indian Veterinary Research Institute as Scientist. He is the life member of Association of Indian Zoo and Wildlife and attended several conferences on wild life. He is also associated with the teaching of wild life courses. He is associated with more than 12 extramural funded projects and 10 institute projects. He has been instrumental for procuring 150 lakhs from Department of Biotechnology for development of facilities for Biomaterials and Bioengineering research at IVRI. He has published more than 300 research/clinical papers on Biomaterials, Bioengineering and Veterinary Sciences especially in Veterinary Surgery and Radiology in National and International Journals of repute. He guided 09 PhD and 11 MVSc students and co-advisor of more than 60 students. He has published more than 35 books and manuals and has contributed more than 40 chapters in compendiums and books. He also contributed 8 chapters to books published by international publishers. He received several awards which included Fellow award from National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, Fellow award from Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs-India, Gangman Sharma Award, Smt. Ramani Ramchandran Award and Best paper presentation award in various conferences. He has been invited speaker in various international conferences held at Kathmandu (Nepal), Chengdu (China), Hong Kong and Singapore. He was an Expert member in DBT task force for evaluation of new project proposal submitted to department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He is a life member of several professional societies, including the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery, Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine, Indian Science Congress Association, Indian Carbon Society, Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice, Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs-India and Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (India)

Vineet Kumar has been serving as Associate Professor (Veterinary Surgery and Radiology) at College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bihar Animal Sciences University, Kishanganj, Bihar, since April 18, 2023. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor (Veterinary Surgery and Radiology) at Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, from September 10, 2012 to June 12, 2018, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, from June 13, 2018 to April 17, 2023. He completed his BVSc&AH from Bangalore Veterinary College, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University in 2008, and his MVSc and PhD (Veterinary Surgery and Radiology) from ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, in 2010 and 2015, respectively. His area of interest is tissue engineering and reconstructive surgery. He has contributed to the development of several decellularization techniques for animal tissues for soft tissue repair. In his service period of over 11 years, he has guided 9 MVSc students, authored 5 books and 34 book chapters, published over 75 research papers in high-impact journals, including 30 papers in international journals (some of them have been extensively cited; citations totalling over 630, H index-15, i10 index-20), written 19 manuals, handled 6 institute-funded research projects, received 9 awards and fellowships, served as a reviewer for several international journals, and been involved in the treatment of various animals, including wildlife animals such as lions, elephants, monkeys, deers, nilgai, and birds.

Dayamon D. Mathew is currently working as an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry from the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala Agricultural University. He completed his master’s degree in Veterinary Surgery and Radiology from Veterinary College, Bangalore, Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University and the research was in canine orthopedics. Later he joined Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh for his PhD in Veterinary Surgery and Radiology. His doctoral research was in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine at Dr. Naveen Kumar’s Biomaterials and bioengineering laboratory, Division of Surgery, IVRI. After completion of his doctoral degree he joined Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala as Chitra High Value Fellow for his post-doctoral training. Dr. Mathew then joined the Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Kerala, as Veterinary Surgeon. He then opted for a deputation to the Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department, Govt. of Kerala and joined as Assistant Forest Veterinary Officer. He was in-charge of wildlife health in two southern most districts of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam. He had Elephant Rehabilitation Center, Kottoor, Thiruvananthapuram, Lion Safari Park, Neyyar, Thiruvananthapuram and Crocodile Park, Neyyar, Thiruvananthapuram under his direct charge. During his tenure in the Kerala Forests and Wildlife department, he earned experience in both captive and free ranging wild animals. Later in 2019, he joined Banaras Hindu University. In Banaras Hindu University, he is a course teacher for different courses of Postgraduate diploma in Wildlife Health Management apart from teaching Veterinary Surgery and Radiology.

Rahul Kumar Udehiya is an accomplished Assistant Professor in the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology at the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. With over 11 years of extensive experience in Veterinary Surgery, Radiology, and Anaesthesia, he has made significant contributions to the field through his dedication to teaching, research, and clinical practice across various prestigious institutions in India. Dr. Udehiya holds postgraduate and doctoral degrees in Veterinary Surgery and Radiology from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University and the Indian Veterinary Research Institute, respectively. His research focuses on diagnostic imaging, veterinary surgery, anaesthesiology, regenerative medicine, and wild animal surgery. He has contributed to more than 8 chapters in textbooks, published over 60 research articles, and presented more than 50 abstracts at various symposia and conferences, earning several presentation awards. As a recognized expert in his field, he has received the Associate Fellow award from the Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery and Radiology. Dr Udehiya has also mentored and co-mentored nearly 10 students for their masters and doctoral degrees and has successfully managed numerous research projects as both Principal and Co-Principal Investigator. Additionally, he is a member of the PG diploma in wildlife health management running in the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology at the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.

Anil Kumar Gangwar started his career as Assistant Professor, selected as Associate Professor in the year 2012 and joined as Professor in 2015 in the ANDUAT, Kumarganj, Ayodhya. Later he worked as Registrar, DDR and presently serving as Professor and Head, Department of Surgery and Radiology and Director Research in the same university. Dr Gangwar is the Fellow of Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery and Associate Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India). Dr Gangwar is teaching the wildlife courses to the UG students and actively involved in the wildlife surgery. Dr Gangwar developed decellularized scaffolds and used for reconstruction of large hernias in animals first time globally. The work has been published in high Impact factor international journals. He guided 12 MVSc and 03 PhD students and published 103 research papers in reputed peer reviewed journals, 6 books and 21 book chapters. His books are recommended as suggested reading in revised syllabi of post-graduate programmes, ICAR, New Delhi. He is the Editorial board member and reviewer of reputed journal published by Wiley, Elsevier etc. He is the recipient of various prestigious awards including best teacher award.