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The Complete Textbook of Animal Health & Welfare

  • 1st Edition - June 16, 2009
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Jane Williams
  • Language: English

The Complete Textbook of Animal Health and Welfare is a core text for students in animal care, animal technology or animal science programmes, and a supplementary text for related… Read more

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The Complete Textbook of Animal Health and Welfare is a core text for students in animal care, animal technology or animal science programmes, and a supplementary text for related equine, wildlife and veterinary courses. It provides an in depth text for students at Further Education (FE) levels 2 and 3, and a foundation text for students studying in Higher Education. Each chapter covers the subject in depth (level 3 FE) via diagrams, images and text, then summarises it at a foundation level (level 2 FE) to engage students of different abilities.

Key features

  • core text for students studying animal care, animal technology or animal science
  • supplementary text for related equine, wildlife and veterinary courses
  • reflects all aspects covered in the animal care curriculum
  • highly illustrated
  • written by author with expertise in this area with many contributions from experienced educationalists and experts to ensure quality & validity
  • covers all species

Readership

Students at Further Education (FE) levels two and three
Students in Higher Education

Table of contents

1 Introduction to the animal body Jane Williams

2 Locomotor system Jane Williams

3 Cardiovascular and respiratory system Jane Williams

4 Digestive and lymphatic systems Jane Williams

5 Urogenital system Jane Williams

6 Nervous system Jane Williams

7 Endocrine and exocrine systems Jane Williams

8 The animal and equine industry Donna de Haan & Lucy Dumbell

9 Companion animal health and welfare Jane Williams

10 Equine health and welfare Debbie Duke

11 Farm animal health and welfare Jane Williams & Debbie Duke

12 Genetics and reproductive science Jane Williams

13 Terminology and management of animal collections Jane Williams

14 Principles of animal behaviour Jane Williams

15 Behaviour of common species Jane Williams

16 Grooming Jane Williams

17 Research methods Dr Hayley Randle

18 Complementary therapies Lisa Yates

19 Principles of ecology John Dutton

20 Exotic species Rachel Rayers

21 First aid Jane Williams

22 Nutrition Jane Williams

23 Animal welfare and the law Donna de Haan & Lucy Dumbell

24 Management of zoological collections Julian Chapman

25 Laboratory skills and microbiology Jane Williams

26 The veterinary profession, pharmacology and theatre practice Jane Williams

27 Fluid therapy and diseases Jane Williams

28 Anaesthesia and radiography Jane Williams
Appendix Normal clinical parameters of companion animals
Updated 8 August 2008

Review quotes

''The idea of combining all of health and welfare is laudable and bold, but there is a lack of a general resource about what is important to animals. It was therefore pleasing to hear that Jane Williams had undertaken the task, albeit mitigated by trepidation about whether the task was even possible. The book reads engagingly and looks lovely; its exceptionally colourful layout and its charming style immediately draw you in. Numerous tables and diagrams are useful and referred to. It is largely written for a non-specialist audience, although the depth varies somewhat between chapters, making it hard to work out the target audience. The fundamentals are well described, and the animal care assistants in my practice found the unfamiliar topics engagingly understandable.'' Jane Williams

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 20, 2009
  • Language: English

About the editor

JW

Jane Williams

Affiliations and expertise
Section Head for Environment and Land-based Studies, South Devon College, Paignton, Devon, UK