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VETERINARY MEDICINE
Veterinary Medicine
A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats
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Tenth Edition

Edited By
Otto Radostits, CM, DVM, MSc, MRCVS, Dipl ACVIM, Emeritus Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Clive Gay, DVM, MVSc, FACVSc, Professor, Agricultural Animal Medicine/Director, Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
Kenneth Hinchcliff, BVSc(Hons), MS, PhD, Dipl ACVIM, Professor, Equine Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Peter Constable, BVSc, MS, PhD, Dipl ACVIM, Professor & Head, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Description
The new 10th edition of this well-respected reference includes thoroughly revised and reviewed information with content on new diseases for the most up-to-date information on diseases effecting sheep, pigs, goats, horses, and cattle. Divided into two sections, General Medicine and Special Medicine, the book covers topics ranging from the clinical examination and manifestation of disease in organ systems to specific diseases of the large animal species.

Contents


PART ONE: GENERAL MEDICINE


1. Clinical examination and making a diagnosis

2. General systemic states

3. Diseases of the newborn

4. Practical antimicrobial therapeutics

5. Diseases of the alimentary tract – I

6. Diseases of the alimentary tract – II

7. Diseases of the liver and pancreas

8. Diseases of the cardiovascular system

9. Diseases of the hemolymphatic system

10. Diseases of the respiratory system

11. Diseases of the urinary system

12. Diseases of the nervous system

13. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

14. Diseases of the skin, conjunctivae and external ear

15. Diseases of the mammary gland



PART TWO: SPECIAL MEDICINE


16. Diseases associated with bacteria I

17. Diseases associated with bacteria II

18. Diseases associated with bacteria IV

19. Diseases associated with bacteria V

20. Disease associated with viruses and chlamydia

21. Diseases associated with viruses and chlamydia II

22. Diseases associated with prions

23. Diseases associated with rickettsiales

24. Diseases associated with algae and fungi

25. Diseases associated with protozoa

26. Diseases associated with helminth parasites

27. Diseases associated with arthropod parasites

28. Metabolic diseases

29. Diseases associated with nutritional deficiencies

30. Diseases associated with physical agents

31. Diseases associated with inorganic and farm chemicals

32. Diseases associated with toxins in plants, fungi, cyanobacteria, clavibacteria, insects and animals

33. Diseases associated with allergy

34. Diseases associated with the inheritance of undesirable characters

35. Specific diseases of uncertain etiology



APPENDICES


Conversion Tables

Reference Laboratory Values

Drug doses and intervals for horses and ruminants

Drug doses and intervals for swine


Index

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 2065 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-2777-2
ISBN-10: 0-7020-2777-4
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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