Main description:

This comprehensive guide to all aspects of caring for horses, cattle, camelids, small ruminants, and pigs helps veterinary technician students learn everything they need to know about large animal medicine. Presented in full-color, Large Animal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians provides species-specific coverage with a wealth of images, as well as clinical applications. Coverage includes AVMA-required topics such as hospital biosecurity, restraint, physical examinations, nutrition, clinical and diagnostic procedures, reproduction, neonatology, and disease. To reinforce the text, an accompanying website offers review questions and answers, case studies, and an image bank with additional photographs to aid in breed identification. Veterinary technician students, veterinary technician educators, and veterinary technicians in practice who wish to foster and expand their knowledge of large animal medicine will find Large Animal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians an invaluable resource.

Contents:

Contributors Preface Abbreviations About the Companion Website Chapter 1 Hospital Biosecurity Leslie Hiber Chapter 2 Restraint Ann Elizabeth Goplen, Sergio Gonzales, Sheryl Ferguson, Darcy DeCrescenza, and Laura Lien Chapter 3 History Stacie K. Seymour Chapter 4 Physical Exam Scott R. R. Haskell, Bonnie L. Loghry, Carrie J. Finno, Kristen Wegner, Jamie DeFazio, William Gilsenan, and Amy L. Johnson Chapter 5 Nutrition Kara M. Burns Chapter 6 Clinical Procedures Annette M. McCoy, Erica McKenzie, and Sue Loly Chapter 7 Diagnostic Procedures Sue Loly, Joann Slack, Laura Lien, Rolf B. Modesto, and Sheryl Ferguson Chapter 8 Medical Imaging Myra F. Barrett, Kurt Selberg, Sheryl Ferguson, Joann Slack, and Susan Steward Chapter 9 Reproduction Harry Momont and Celina M. Checura Chapter 10 Neonatology Laura Lien Chapter 11 Diseases Fernando J. Marques, William Gilsenan, Amy L. Johnson, Shirley Sandoval, Sian Durward-Akhurst, Stephanie Rutten-Ramos, Sue Loly, and Heather Hopkinson Multiple Choice Questions Answer Bank Test Your Learning Answer Bank Glossary of Terms Index