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Veterinary Dentistry: Self-Assessment Color Review Second Edition

By Anson J. Tsugawa and Frank J. M. Verstraete

Veterinary Dentistry: Self-Assessment Color Review Second Edition covers all aspects of veterinary dentistry. Each case consists of one or more questions, illustrated by stimulating visual material including imaging and color clinical photographs.

The 228 cases appear in random order, just as they would in practice, and are presented as self-assessment problems comprising integrated questions and detailed explanations designed to educate as well as to provide answers.

Written by well-respected experts in the field, this new edition of a bestseller has been completely updated and includes more than 50 new cases. The book is an excellent resource for exam preparation or for practitioners in their continuing professional development.

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Veterinary Dentistry: A Team Approach, 4th Edition

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Nutrient Requirements of Horses 6th Revised Edition

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By National Research Council

Nutrient Requirements of Horses 6th Revised Edition. Proper formulation of diets for horses depends on adequate knowledge of their nutrient requirements. These requirements depend on the breed and age of the horse and whether it is exercising, pregnant, or lactating.

A great deal of new information has been accumulated since the publication 17 years ago of the last edition of Nutrient Requirements of Horses. This new edition features a detailed review of scientific literature, summarizing all the latest information, and provides a new set of requirements based on revised data. Also included is updated information on the composition of feeds, feed additives, and other compounds routinely fed to horses. The effects of physiological factors, such as exercise, and environmental factors, such as temperature and humidity, are covered, as well. Nutrient Requirements of Horses also contains information on several nutritional and metabolic diseases that horses often have.

Designed primarily as a reference, both practical and technical, Nutrient Requirements of Horses is intended to ensure that the diets of horses and other equids contain adequate amounts of nutrients and that the intakes of certain nutrients are not so excessive that they inhibit performance or impair health. This book is primarily intended for animal nutritionists, veterinarians, and other scientists; however, individual horse owners and managers will also find some of this material useful. Professors who teach graduate courses in animal nutrition will find Nutrient Requirements of Horses beneficial as a textbook.

Recommended Book:

Feeding Horses: An Evidence-Based Approach to Equine Nutrition

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Energy
Carbohydrates
Fats and Fatty Acids
Proteins and Amino Acids
Minerals
Vitamins
Water and Water Quality
Feeds and Feed Processing
Feed Additives
Feed Analysis
Feeding Behavior and General Considerations for Feeding Management
Unique Aspects of Equine Nutrition
Donkeys and Other Equids
Ration Formulation and Evaluation
Computer Model to Estimate Requirements

Tables

Nutrient Requirement Tables
Feed Composition Tables
Composition of Mare’s Milk Tables
Table of Conversions

Appendices

Committee Statement of Task
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Committee Member Biographies
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

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Canine Cognition and the Human Bond

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By Jeffrey R. Stevens

Canine Cognition and the Human Bond. Dogs are a valued part of millions of households worldwide. They also serve many functions in human societies from herding livestock to detecting drugs, explosives, or illegal wildlife to providing physical assistance or emotional support to those in need. Yet, in terms of behavior and cognition, dogs have only become a serious subject of scientific study in the last 20 years. Similarly, we have recently witnessed a sharp increase in studies of canine-human interaction, exploring the motivational, emotional, cognitive, physiological, and neural mechanisms of dogs on human psychology and well-being. This book is a collection of chapters stemming from the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, which focused on Canine Cognition and the Human Bond. The primary goal of this symposium was to bring together researchers from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and anthropology to delve deeper into the canine-human bond. These chapters describe the current state of knowledge from international experts in the fields of canine cognition and canine-human interaction. Bridging these two areas can help us better understand the canine-human bond, potentially improving the lives of both dogs and people.

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Canine Behaviour in Mind: Applying Behavioural Science to Our Lives with Dogs

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Of Dogs and Bonds
Biological and Hormonal Approaches to the Evolution of Human-Canine Relationships
Measuring the Dog Side of the Dog-Human Bond
A Dog’s Life in the Human Jungle
Effects of University-Based AAIs: Conceptual Models Guiding Research on Active Treatment Components of AAIs on Stress-Related Outcomes
Canine-Assisted Interventions: Insights from the B.A.R.K. Program and Future Research Directions
Index

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Seafood Processing: Technology, Quality and Safety

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By Ioannis S. Boziaris

Seafood Processing: Technology, Quality and Safety. Part of the new IFST Advances in Food Science Series, Seafood Processing: Technology, Quality and Safety covers the whole range of current processes which are applied to seafood, as well as quality and safety aspects. The first part of the book (‘Processing Technologies’) covers primary processing, heating, chilling, freezing, irradiation, traditional preservation methods (salting, drying, smoking, fermentation, etc), frozen surimi and packaging. The subjects of waste management and sustainability issues of fish processing are also covered. In the second part (‘Quality and Safety Issues’), quality and safety analysis, fish and seafood authenticity and risk assessment are included.

Recommended Book:

Handbook of Seafood and Seafood Products Analysis

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Seafood Processing – Assuring Quality and Safety of Seafood

Part I Processing Technologies

2. Shellfish Handling and Primary Processing

3. Chilling and Freezing of Fish

4. Heat Processing of Fish

5. Irradiation of Fish and Seafood

6. Preservation of Fish by Curing

7. Drying of Fish

8. Fish Fermentation

9. Frozen Surimi and Surimi-based Products

10. Packaging of Fish and Fishery Products

11. Fish Waste Management

12. Fish Processing Installations: Sustainable Operation

13. Value-added Seafood

Part II Quality and Safety Issues

14. Seafood Quality Assessment

15. Microbiological Examination of Seafood

16. Fish and Seafood Authenticity – Species Identification

17. Assuring Safety of Seafood – Risk Assessment

References

Index

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Shark Research: Emerging Technologies and Applications for the Field and Laboratory

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By Jeffrey C. Carrier, Michael R. Heithaus and Colin A. Simpfendorfer

Shark Research: Emerging Technologies and Applications for the Field and Laboratory. Over the last decade, the study of shark biology has benefited from the development, refinement, and rapid expansion of novel techniques and advances in technology. These have given new insight into the fields of shark genetics, feeding, foraging, bioenergetics, imaging, age and growth, movement, migration, habitat preference, and habitat use. This pioneering book, written by experts in shark biology, examines technologies such as autonomous vehicle tracking, underwater video approaches, molecular genetics techniques, and accelerometry, among many others. Each detailed chapter offers new insights and promises for future studies of elasmobranch biology, provides an overview of appropriate uses of each technique, and can be readily extended to other aquatic fish and marine mammals and reptiles.

Recommended Book:

Immunobiology of the Shark

Features

Features:

Serves as the first single-source reference with in-depth coverage of techniques appropriate for the laboratory and field study of sharks, skates, and rays
Contains chapters on a broad range of methods such as Imaging Technologies, Satellite Tracking, Stationary Underwater Video, and Population Genetic Approaches and Genomics among others
Presents technologies that can be used to study other aquatic fish and marine mammals and reptiles
Includes chapter authors who were pioneers in developing some of the technologies discussed in the book
Concludes with a unique section on Citizen Science and its Application to Studies of Shark Biology

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1

Dietary Biomarkers in Shark Foraging and Movement Ecology

[Samantha E.M. Munroe, Lauren Meyer, and Michael R. Heithaus]

Chapter 2

Size-Based Insights into the Ecosystem Role of Sharks and Rays

[Nicholas K. Dulvy and Rowan Trebilco]

Chapter 3

Advances in the Application of High-Resolution Biologgers to Elasmobranch Fishes

[Nicholas M. Whitney, Karissa O. Lear, Adrian C. Gleiss, Nicholas Payne, and Connor F. White]

Chapter 4

Using Aerial Surveys to Investigate the Distribution, Abundance, and Behavior of Sharks and Rays

[Jeremy J. Kiszka and Michael R. Heithaus]

Chapter 5

Animal-Borne Video Cameras and Their Use to Study Shark Ecology and Conservation

[Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Carl G. Meyer, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, and Michael R. Heithaus]

Chapter 6

Use of Autonomous Vehicles for Tracking and Surveying of Acoustically Tagged Elasmobranchs

[Christopher G. Lowe, Connor F. White, and Christopher M. Clark]

Chapter 7

The Use of Stationary Underwater Video for Sampling Sharks

[Euan S. Harvey, Julia Santana-Garcon, Jordan Goetze, Benjamin J. Saunders, and Mike Cappo]

Chapter 8

Acoustic Telemetry

[Michelle R. Heupel, Steven T. Kessel, Jordan K. Matley, and Colin A. Simpfendorfer]

Chapter 9

Imaging Technologies in the Field and Laboratory

[Kara E. Yopak, Jeffrey C. Carrier, and Adam P. Summers]

Chapter 10

History and Mystery of Age and Growth Studies in Elasmobranchs: Common Methods and Room for Improvement

[Lisa J. Natanson, Allen H. Andrews, Michelle S. Passerotti, Sabine P. Wintner]

Chapter 11

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Shark Ageing and Biology

[Cassandra L. Rigby, William J. Foley, and Colin A. Simpfendorfer]

Chapter 12

Photographic Identification of Sharks

[Simon J. Pierce, Jason Holmberg, Alison A. Kock, and Andrea D. Marshall]

Chapter 13

Genetics and Genomics for Fundamental and Applied Research on Elasmobranchs

[Jennifer R. Ovenden, Christine Dudgeon, Pierre Feutry, Kevin Feldheim, and Gregory E. Maes]

Chapter 14

Environmental DNA (eDNA): A Valuable Tool for Ecological Inference

and Management of Sharks and Their Relatives

[Agnes Le Port, Judith Bakker, Madalyn K. Cooper, Roger Huerlimann, and Stefano Mariani]

Chapter 15

Shark CSI・The Application of DNA Forensics to Elasmobranch Conservation

[Diego Cardeñosa and Demian D. Chapman]

Chapter 16

Citizen Science in Shark and Ray Research and Conservation:

Strengths, Opportunities, Considerations, and Pitfalls

[Andrew Chin and Gretta Pecl]

Chapter 17

Social Science and Its Application to the Studies of Shark Biology

[Karin Gerhardt, Amy Diedrich, and Vanessa Jaiteh]

Chapter 18

Network Analysis and Theory in Shark Ecology・Methods and Applications

[Johann Mourier, Elodie Lédée, Tristan Guttridge, and David M.P. Jacoby]

Chapter 19

Satellite Tracking Technologies and Their Application to Shark Movement Ecology

[Luciana C. Ferreira, Kate L. Mansfield, Michele Thums, and Mark G. Meekan]

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Sheep Flock Health: A Planned Approach

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By Neil Sargison

Sheep Flock Health: A Planned Approach is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of production limiting diseases in sheep. The problem-based approach helps both farmers and veterinary practitioners identify health problems. The focus is on good management practices to prevent disease in the first place and to optimise production.

Recommended Book:

Sheep Veterinary Practice

Features

Features:

Adopts a practical, problem-based approach to all round sheep flock health.
Focuses on the achievement and maintenance of optimal productivity, rather than on a catalogue of individual diseases of sheep.
Written by an expert with a strong international reputation.
Suitable not only for veterinarians and veterinary students, but also progressive sheep farmers.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Preface.

Abbreviations.

1. The Lambing Percentage.

Introduction.

The Mating Period.

Mid To Late Pregnancy (Abortion).

2. Lamb Growth.

Investigation of Ill Thrift in Weaned Lambs.

Parasitic Gastroenteritis.

Cestode Parasites.

Liver Fluke.

Ill Thrift Due to Trace Element Deficiencies.

Ill Thrift Associated With Chronic Disease.

3. Unexpected Disease or Death.

Introduction.

Sudden Death in Store Lambs.

Poisonous Plants.

Common Mineral and Inorganic Poisonings.

Mycotoxicoses.

Clostridial Diseases.

4. Ill Thrift in Adult Sheep.

Introduction.

Specific Causes of Ill Thrift in Adult Sheep.

5. Lameness.

Diseases of the Foot.

Lameness Not Caused By Foot Problems.

6. Neurological Diseases.

Introduction.

Neurological Diseases Causing Cerebral Lesions.

Neurological Diseases Causing Cerebellar Lesions.

Neurological Diseases Causing Vestibular Lesions.

Neurological Diseases Causing Brainstem Lesions.

Neurological Diseases Causing Spinal Cord Lesions.

Diseases Of The Peripheral Nerves.

7. Skin and Eye Diseases.

Introduction.

Ectoparasitic Skin Diseases.

Non-Parasitic Skin Diseases.

Eye Diseases.

Appendix A: Exotic and Notifiable Diseases.

Appendix B: Overview of the Structure and Economics of the UK Sheep Industry.

Index

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Simian Virology

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By Alexander F. Voevodin and Preston A. Marx

Simian Virology is the first text to comprehensively cover all currently known simian viruses. Chapters provide an overview of nonhuman primate models of medically important viral diseases as well as natural infections of nonhuman primates with human and animal viruses. The text covers a variety of topics including primate models of medically important viral diseases such as AIDS, hypotheses on the origins of epidemic forms of HIV, and viral diseases caused by non-simian viruses in both wild and captive primates.

Recommended Book:

Veterinary Virology, 3rd Edition

Features

Features:

First text to comprehensively cover all currently known simian viruses
Provides an overview of nonhuman primate models of medically important viral diseases as well as natural infections of nonhuman primates with human and animal viruses
Introductory chapters cover primate taxonomy, virology basics, and general properties of retroviruses and herpesviruses
Details the history, classification and structure, pathogenesis and infection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of simian viruses
Valuable tool for research virologists, conservationists, primate and zoo veterinarians, and students

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Preface.
Acknowledgments.

Part I: Introduction to Primatology and Virology.

1 Classification of Nonhuman Primates.

2 Principles of Virology.

Part II: Simian Viruses and Nonhuman Primate Models of Viral Infections.

Introduction to Part II.

Section 1: RNA Viruses.

Section 1.1: Simian Retroviruses.

Introduction to Retroviruses.

3 Lentiviruses in Their Natural Hosts.

4 Lentivirus AIDS Models.

5 Origins of Epidemic Forms HIV-1 and HIV-2.

6 Betaretroviruses.

7 Gammaretroviruses.

8 Deltaretroviruses.

9 Spumaviruses.

Section 1.2: Other Simian RNA Viruses.

10 Picornaviruses.

11 Arteriviruses.

Section 2: DNA Viruses.

Section 2.1: Simian Herpesviruses.

Introduction to Herpesviruses.

12 Simplexviruses.

13 Varicelloviruses.

14 Cytomegaloviruses.

15 Lymphocryptoviruses.

16 Rhadinoviruses.

Section 2.2: Other Simian DNA Viruses.

17 Parvoviruses.

18 Polyomaviruses.

19 Papillomaviruses.

20 Hepadnaviruses.

21 Adenoviruses.

Section 3: Miscellaneous RNA and DNA Viruses.

22 Miscellaneous Viruses.

Section 4: Experimental and Natural Infection of Nonhuman Primates with Nonsimian Viruses.

23 Experimental Infection of Nonhuman Primates with Viruses of Medical Importance.

24 Natural Infection of Nonhuman Primates with Nonsimian Viruses.

Index.

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BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine

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By Anna Meredith and Brigitte Lord

BSAVA Manual of Rabbit Medicine. In the 6 years since the bestselling first edition of the BSABA Manual of Rabbit Medicine and Surgery was published, the field has changed dramatically and there has been a significant increase in our understanding of rabbit health and disease.

The increase in knowledge is reflected in this second edition, not only by the increase in length but also by the addition of four new chapters. General nursing care and hospital supportive care required for these patients. Diagnostic imaging uses specially drawn illustrations to explain optimal positioning, and includes both normal and abnormal radiographs plus ultrasound, CT and MRI images. Cardiovascular disorders describes diagnostics, including a useful table of ECG values, and medical management of cardiac and vascular problems. Finally, the new chapter on Dentistry builds on the information given in the first edition and illustrates both the diagnostic approach and treatment of common conditions.

Recommended Book:

Textbook of Rabbit Medicine 3rd Edition

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

1. Biology, anatomy and physiology

2. Husbandry

3. Nutrition and feeding

4. Reproduction

5. Normal behaviour and behaviour problems

6. The rabbit-friendly practice

7. Physical examination and clinical techniques

8. General nursing care and hospital management

9. Clinical pathology

10. Analgesia, sedation and anaesthesia

11. Respiratory disease

12. Digestive system disease

13. Urogenital system and reproductive disease

14. Cardiovascular disease

15. Nervous system and musculoskeletal disorders

16. Ophthalmology

17. Dermatoses

18. Neoplasia

19. Endocrine disease

20. Problems of the geriatric rabbit

21. Therapeutics

22. Approach to common conditions

Appendices

Index

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BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Advanced Veterinary Nursing 2nd Edition

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By Alasdair Hotston Moore and Suzanne Rudd

BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Advanced Veterinary Nursing 2nd Edition. The third in the series, the BSAVA Manual of Advanced Veterinary Nursing, was written to provide a deeper level of information for qualified veterinary nurses, especially those undertaking Medical or Surgical Diplomas.

The new edition has been completely revised and updated under the direction of the new editorial team of Alasdair Hotston Moore and Suzanne Rudd. Reflecting recent advances in nursing skills and training, the content has been upgraded to include more advanced procedures.

Full colour photos and specially commissioned illustrations, together with text boxes and tinted tables ensure the easy-to-use format that is the trademark of the BSAVA Manuals.