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Veterinary Medicine: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats - two-volume set by Peter D. Constable (Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

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 Grunberg, this book is the definitive, one-stop reference for farm animal and equine care. 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. NEW! Convenient, easy-access format is organized by organ systems, and divides the content into two compact volumes with the same authoritative coverage. Nearly 200 new color photographs and line drawings are included in this edition. NEW full-color design improves navigation, clarifies subject headings, and includes more boxes, tables, and charts for faster reference. New Diseases Primarily Affecting the Reproductive System chapter is added. Updated and expanded chapter on pharmacotherapy lists therapeutic interventions and offers treatment boxes and principles of antibiotic use. Expanded sections on herd health include biosecurity and infection control, and valuable Strength of Evidence boxes. NEW or extensively revised sections include topics such as the Schmallenberg and Bluetongue viral epidemics of ruminants in Europe, Wesselbron disease in cattle, hypokalemia in adult cattle, equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis, Hendra virus infection, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, torque teno virus, and numerous recently identified congenital and inherited disorders of large animals. Additional content is provided on lameness in cattle and the diseases of cervids.

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

Additional information

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Veterinary Medicine: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats - two-volume set by Peter D. Constable (Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)
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Hardback
Elsevier Health Sciences
2016-12-23
2278
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