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Small Animal Clinical Techniques

  • 3rd Edition - June 24, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Susan Meric Taylor
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Nursing & Technology**Learn how to confidently care for small animal patients with Taylor’s Small Animal Clinical Tech… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Veterinary Nursing & Technology**

Learn how to confidently care for small animal patients with Taylor’s Small Animal Clinical Techniques, 3rd Edition. Filled with more than 60 of the most common procedures performed by veterinary technicians and assistants, this highly visual guide helps you easily master the diagnostic and therapeutic clinical techniques that are essential to small animal practice. Each procedure uses clear step-by-step instructions to walk you through the purpose, indications, contraindications and concerns, complications, special anatomy, equipment, restraint, and procedure techniques. This new edition also features a new chapter on physical examination and updated images throughout the text. And as with previous editions, Taylor’s companion online learning modules will further hone your ability to logically think through procedures and properly perform skills.

Key features

  • Coverage of the most common procedures performed by veterinary technicians and assistants are covered in a clear, concise, and highly visual way
  • Consistent approach includes step-by-step instructions, principles, and photographs for all procedures to show you how to think through the procedures in a logical manner and perform the skills well
  • Case studies help ground you in your understanding and reinforce clinical experience
  • Narrated videos located on the Evolve companion website provide visual, real-time demonstrations of clinical techniques and are a perfect review tool

Readership

Veterinary technology students

Table of contents

1. Physical Examination – NEW!

2. Venous Blood Collection

3. Arterial Blood Collection

4. Injection Techniques

5. Vascular Access Techniques

6. Dermatologic Techniques

7. Ear Examination

8. Ocular Techniques

9. Respiratory System Techniques

10. Pericardiocentesis

11. Gastrointestinal System Techniques

12. Urinary System Techniques

13. Vaginal Cytology

14. Bone Marrow Collection

15. Arthrocentesis

16. Neurologic Examination

17. Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection

18. Tests to Assess Clotting

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 28, 2020
  • Language: English

About the author

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Susan Meric Taylor

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Small Animal Medicine, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada