Current Veterinary Therapy , 5th Edition

Description

Approx.736 pages

Key Features

• Authoritative, cutting-edge coverage offers clinically relevant strategies for diagnosing and managing a wide range of diseases and disorders in food animals, with a focus on cattle, sheep, and goats.
• Logically organized content is easy-to-follow and provides a practical approach to determining appropriate medical and surgical interventions.
• Concise, easy-to-read format helps you find essential information quickly and easily.
• Expert editors, consultants, and writers ensure the accuracy, relevance, and timeliness of each topic to keep you on the cutting edge of food animal therapy.

New to this Edition

• New editors and a new team of section editors bring a fresh perspective and authoritative guidance on caring for food animals.
• Completely revised and updated content includes new sections on topics such as:
• Genital surgery
• Pharmacology and therapeutics
• Restraint, anesthesia, and pain management
• Cow-calf/small ruminant production medicine
• Feedlot production medicine
• Coverage of hot topics in the field includes biosecurity in feedlots, therapy in organic livestock medicine, and ethical responsibilities in selecting drugs for use in food animals.
• Expanded treatment options incorporate surgical interventions where appropriate, including laparoscopic procedures.

Companion Products

• Current Veterinary Therapy, 5th Edition : Food Animal Practice
• Current Veterinary Therapy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition : Current Veterinary Therapy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

Related Titles

• Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By David E. Anderson, DVM, MS,DACVS, Professor and Head, Large Animal Clinical Sciences; College of Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Teaching Hospital; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, Tennessee and Michael Rings, DVM, MS, DACVIM, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH