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Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary D.C. Blood

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary By D.C. Blood

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary by D.C. Blood


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Summary

A veterinary dictionary, this book aims to serve the veterinary school and the practitioner. This dictionary helps to acquire professional vocabulary. It is also meant for veterinary nurses, technicians, and members of the practice team. It contains 65,000 entries, and includes five tables in the Appendices of laboratory and clinical information.

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary Summary

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary by D.C. Blood

"Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary" is the second edition of this superbly successful and highly regarded veterinary dictionary. It serves as an invaluable companion from the first day at veterinary school right through to being an essential reference for any veterinary practitioner. This dictionary offers a student friendly solution to the problem of acquiring a complete professional vocabulary - as with the first edition a major objective has been to include all the technical and scientific words students will encounter during their studies. It is also an essential purchase for any vet practice, who will want to have access to this excellent resource crammed as it is with up-to-the-minute information. Veterinary nurses, technicians, and other members of the practice team will also find it a quick and easy source of reference, whether to look up a definition of an unfamiliar term, or simply for checking spellings. The number of entries in the dictionary has increased from 55,000 to 65,000 and five further tables have been added to the Appendices of useful laboratory and clinical information. "Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary" in its new edition improves upon an excellent reputation and remains without question the most comprehensive reference of its type.

Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary Reviews

"...unquestionably one of the most useful, authoritative and most needed books to be published in the veterinary field for many years" -Australian Veterinary Journal (review of the first edition) "The dictionary is a pleasure to use, with adequate cross-referencing, sufficient multiple entries for compound terms, and good, concise definitions...It is hard to find any fault or error. This is a book which veterinarians have been waiting for, and will be in constant use." -British Veterinary Journal (review of the first edition)

Table of Contents

Notes of Use of This Dictionary. The Dictionary. APPENDICES: Laboratory Services. Biochemistry. Biochemical Reference Values: Conventional Units. Biochemical Reference Values: SI Units. Haematology. Haematological Reference Values: Conventional Units. Haematological Reference Values: SI Units. The International System of Units: SI Units. Weights and Measures. Weights and Measures Conversion: Avoirdupois/Metric. Weights and Measures Conversion: Apothecaries/Metric Weight. Weights and Measures Conversion: Fluid Measure. Weightsand Measures Conversion: Capacity. Weights and Measures Conversion: Length. Weights and Measures Conversion: Area. Temperature Equivalents: Celsius/Fahrenheit. Chemical Elements. Blood Groups of Domestic Animals. Viruses. A System of Animal Viruses. Tropism of Animal Viruses. Anatomy. Arteries. Bones. Joints. Ligaments. Muscles. Nerves. Veins. Clinical. Causes of Mastitis. Estrous Cycles in Animals. Body Temperature Equivalents.

Additional information

GOR003416999
9780702020346
0702020346
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary by D.C. Blood
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Elsevier Health Sciences
1998-10-22
1380
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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