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Veterinary Medicine

A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats - two-volume set

  • 11th Edition - October 25, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Peter D. Constable, Kenneth W Hinchcliff, Stanley H. Done, Walter Gruenberg
  • Language: English

Treat the diseases affecting large animals! Veterinary Medicine, 11th Edition provides up-to-date information on the diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Comprehen… Read more

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Treat the diseases affecting large animals! Veterinary Medicine, 11th Edition provides up-to-date information on the diseases of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Comprehensive coverage includes the principles of clinical examination and making a diagnosis, along with specific therapy recommendations. For easier use, this edition has been divided into two volumes and restructured into a logical, anatomically based approach to disease. From internationally known veterinary experts Peter Constable, Kenneth Hinchcliff, Stanley Done, and Walter Grünberg, this book is the definitive, one-stop reference for farm animal and equine care.

Key features

  • Comprehensive coverage
  • includes information essential to any large-animal veterinarian, especially those working with horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or pigs.
  • Coverage of diseases addresses major large-animal diseases of all countries, including foreign animal and emerging diseases.
  • User-friendly format makes it easier to quickly absorb key information.
  • Quick review/synopsis sections make important information on complex diseases easy to find.

Readership

Veterinary students and veterinary surgeons working in large and mixed animal and equine practices.

Table of contents

1. Clinical Examination and Making a Diagnosis

2. Examination of the Population

3. Biosecurity and Infection Control

4. General Systemic States

5. Disturbances of Free Water, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, and Oncotic Pressure

6. Practical Antimicrobial Therapeutics

7. Diseases of the Alimentary Tract – Horses, Pigs, and Neonatal Ruminants

8. Diseases of the Alimentary Tract – Adult Ruminants

9. Diseases of the Liver and Pancreas

10. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System

11. Diseases of the Hemolymphatic and Immune Systems

12. Diseases of the Respiratory System

13. Diseases of the Urinary System

14. Diseases of the Nervous System

15. Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System

16. Diseases of the Skin, Eye, Conjunctiva, and External Ear

17. Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases

18. Diseases Primarily Affecting the Reproductive System NEW!

19. Perinatal Diseases

20. Diseases of the Mammary Gland

21. Systemic and Multi-Organ Diseases
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Conversion Tables
Appendix 2: Reference Laboratory Values
Appendix 3: Drug doses and intervals for horses and ruminants
Appendix 4: Drug doses and intervals for pigs
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 11
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 22, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

PC

Peter D. Constable

Affiliations and expertise
Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

KH

Kenneth W Hinchcliff

Affiliations and expertise
Warden and CEO, Trinity College, Parkville Victoria, Australia; Professor (Emeritus), Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

SD

Stanley H. Done

Affiliations and expertise
Visiting Professor of Veterinary Pathology, University of Galsgow Veterinary School; Former Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomy, Royal Veterinary College, London

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