Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats and Horses

Description

Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions which can affect different species. Animals benefit from biomedical research, as medical research carried out on animals, leads directly to veterinary treatments. Vaccines now exist for fatal diseases. Advances in veterinary medicine have helped to reduce the loss of farm and herd animals to sickness and disease, saving livelihoods all over the world. This edition is well- written text consisting of all old and new diseases, based on literature published worldwide. The book is divided into different chapters which describe clinical examination and the manifestation of disease in organ systems and specific diseases of the animal species, their causes, epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical and pathological manifestations, treatment, control and prevention, and zoonotic risk. It is directed primarily at students of veterinary medicine and at practicing veterinarians and field workers. It will be extensively used as a reference by veterinarians in large and mixed animal practice around the world.