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

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. 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. Content: Front Matter,Copyright,Dedication,Dedication,Dedication,Contributors,Preface to the Eleventh Edition,Introduction,List of Tables,List of IllustrationsEntitled to full text1 - Clinical Examination and Making a Diagnosis, Pages 1-28 2 - Examination of the Population, Pages 29-35 3 - Biosecurity and Infection Control, Pages 36-42 4 - General Systemic States, Pages 43-112 5 - Disturbances of Free Water, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, and Oncotic Pressure, Pages 113-152 6 - Practical Antimicrobial Therapeutics, Pages 153-174 7 - Diseases of the Alimentary Tract: Nonruminant, Pages 175-435 8 - Diseases of the Alimentary Tract–Ruminant, Pages 436-621 9 - Diseases of the Liver, Pages 622-656 10 - Diseases of the Cardiovascular System, Pages 657-715 11 - Diseases of the Hemolymphatic and Immune Systems, Pages 716-844 12 - Diseases of the Respiratory System, Pages 845-1090 Index, Page 1091 13 - Diseases of the Urinary System, Pages 1095-1154 14 - Diseases of the Nervous System, Pages 1155-1370 15 - Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Pages 1371-1539 16 - Diseases of the Skin, Eye, Conjunctiva, and External Ear, Pages 1540-1661 17 - Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, Pages 1662-1757 18 - Diseases Primarily Affecting the Reproductive System, Pages 1758-1829 19 - Perinatal Diseases, Pages 1830-1903 20 - Diseases of the Mammary Gland, Pages 1904-2001 21 - Systemic and Multi-Organ Diseases, Pages 2002-2214 Appendix 1 - Conversion Tables, Pages 2215-2216 Appendix 2 - Reference Laboratory Values, Pages 2217-2219 Appendix 3 - Drug doses and intervals for horses and ruminants, Pages 2220-2231 Appendix 4 - Drug doses and intervals for pigs, Pages 2232-2234 Index, Pages 2235-2308 How to Use This Book, Pages IBC1-IBC2 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. Format 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. --from Amazon This Authoritative Large-animal Medicine Reference Continues Its 56-year History Of Setting The Standard For Treating Farm Animal Species.