Pain Management in Veterinary Practice

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By Christine M. Egger, Lydia Love and Tom Doherty

Pain Management in Veterinary Practice provides veterinary practitioners with the information needed to recognize and manage pain in a wide range of large, small, and exotic animal species. Encompassing acute, adaptive, and chronic, maladaptive pain, the book provides an up-to-date review of the physiology and pathophysiology of pain. Pain Management in Veterinary Practice offers specific strategies for addressing pain in animals, including local and regional analgesia, continuous rate infusions, and novel methods of analgesic drug delivery.

With comprehensive information on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of analgesic drugs, the book goes beyond pharmaceutical options to incorporate scientific information on techniques for complementary treatment, including physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic techniques, and nutritional strategies. Pain Management in Veterinary Practice is a valuable resource for developing pain management protocols in the veterinary clinic.

Recommended Book:

Feline Anesthesia and Pain Management

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Features:

Provides clinicians with essential information on identifying and treating pain in animals
Covers pain management in a variety of species, including dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, small mammals, ruminants, camelids, pigs, and horses
Offers practical methods for managing pain, including pharmaceutical and complementary options
Presents two chapters specifically covering cancer pain and its treatment
Includes advice on integrating pain management into your veterinary practice
Discusses palliative and hospice care for veterinary patients

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Section 1: Introduction and Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of Pain

Section 2: Pharmacology of Analgesic Drugs

Section 3: Nonpharmacological Pain Therapy

Section: 4 Management of Pain in Veterinary Species

Section 5: Incorporating Pain Management into Your Practice and Hospice and Palliative Care

Index

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Poultry Quality Evaluation Quality Attributes and Consumer Values

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By Massimiliano Petracci and Cecile Berri

Poultry Quality Evaluation: Quality Attributes and Consumer Values provides a new reference source that covers these aspects with the same scientific authority as texts on traditional poultry meat quality values.

The book’s first section explores new developments in our understanding of how muscle structure affects the eating qualities of cooked meat. The second section highlights new techniques for measuring, predicting, and producing poultry meat quality and how these new techniques help us minimize variability in eating quality and/or maximize value. The final section identifies the current qualities of consumer and public perceptions, including what is sustainable, ethical, desirable, and healthy in poultry production and consumption.

Recommended Book:

Broiler Meat Signals: A Practical Guide to Improving Poultry Meat Quality

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Features:

Brings together top researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the new elements of poultry quality evaluation
Provides a comprehensive reference source on poultry with the same scientific authority as texts on more broad traditional meat quality values
Contains contributions from editors who are very well known and highly respected in the field

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Current status of poultry production worldwide

Part One: What is new in our understanding of the association between muscle structure and the basic eating qualities of cooked meat?

3. Myogenesis, muscle growth, and structure
4. Muscle metabolism and its effect on poultry meat quality
5. Developments in our understanding of water-holding capacity
6. Advances in the understanding and measurement of poultry meat texture
7. Poultry meat color and oxidation
8. Emerging myopathies and quality defects
9. Current challenges in poultry meat safety

Part Two: New techniques for measuring/predicting/producing meat quality, and how they help us minimize variability in eating quality and/or maximize value

10. Genome-wide associations with poultry meat quality (& SNP markers for poultry meat quality)
11. Proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics in relation to poultry meat quality
12. Raman and X-ray contrast tomography methods show heat induced changes in poultry meat

Part Three: The current qualities of consumer and public perceptions; what is sustainable, ethical, desirable and healthy

13. Poultry meat nutritive value and human health
14. Ingredient addition and impacts on quality, health, and consumer acceptance
15. Sensory perceptions and new consumer attitudes to poultry meat
16. Animal welfare and poultry meat alternative production system (& Ethics of poultry meat production)

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Practical Atlas of Ruminant and Camelid Reproductive Ultrasonography

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By Luc DesCôteaux, Jill Colloton and Giovanni Gnemmi

Practical Atlas of Ruminant and Camelid Reproductive Ultrasonography is a practical, fully referenced, image-based guide to the essential concepts of reproductive ultrasound in domesticated ruminants and camelids. Providing information to enable practitioners to incorporate ultrasound service into their practices, the book also includes more specialized information for advanced techniques such as fetal sexing, embryo transfer, color Doppler, and others. Practical Atlas of Ruminant and Camelid Reproductive Ultrasonography is a must-have reference for ruminant and camelid practitioners, instructors, and students.

“This book is a must-have for any veterinarian performing reproductive ultrasound in ruminants and camelids. The quality of pictures, text, and overall coverage of the subject make it a valuable reference.” (Doody’s, 23 September 2011)

Recommended Book:

Reproduction in Domestic Ruminants VII

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Principles and Recommendations, Essential Concepts, and Common Artifacts in Ultrasound imaging

Chapter 2 Scanning Techniques and Common Errors in Bovine Practice

Chapter 3 Anatomy of the Reproductive Tract of the Cow

Chapter 4 Bovine Ovary

Chapter 5 Bovine Uterus

Chapter 6 Bovine Pregnancy

Chapter 7 Bovine Fetal Development After 55 Days, Fetal Sexing, Anomalies, and Well-Being

Chapter 8 Bovine Embryo Transfer, in Vitro Fertilization, Special Procedures, and Cloning

Chapter 9 Bull Anatomy and Ultrasonography of the Reproductive Tract

Chapter 10 Buffalo and Zebu Cattle

Chapter 11 Sheep and Goats

Chapter 12 Camelids

Index

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Practical Veterinary Forensics

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By David Bailey

Veterinarians often come into contact with the law in cases of animal cruelty, domestic animal and wildlife crimes, and human crimes with an animal element. This book provides practical information and training on how to operate within a crime scene. It covers the tests that may need to be carried out, collecting evidence, preparing reports and giving evidence in court as an expert witness.

Concentrating on the basic principles and background knowledge needed, the book includes hair, blood and bite mark analysis as well as an overview of firearms injury. It explores wider concepts such as the human-animal bond and one health, going on to give practical guidance and numerous case studies, which bring the book to life and into the real world of the busy crime scene.

Practical Veterinary Forensics is an indispensable guide to all veterinarians working in cases of animal cruelty, abuse and crimes against animals. It is essential for welfare organizations, animal shelters and those requiring an introduction to veterinary forensic science.

Recommended Book:

Textbook of Forensic Medicine Toxicology 5th Edition

Table of Contents

Table of contents:

1: Introduction: What is Veterinary Forensics?

2: Forensic Philosophy

3: Law & Animals

4: Forensic Science and Applications to One Health

5: Evidence Collection and Gathering: The Living Evidence

6: Forensic Examination of Animal Hair

7: Firearms and Ballistics

8: Blood and Blood Pattern Analysis

9: Understanding the Nature of Document Evidence

10: Forensic Toxicology

11: Bitemark Analysis

12: Report Writing

13: The Human-Animal Interaction

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Small Animal Dermatology 4th Edition: A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide

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By Keith A. Hnilica and Adam P. Patterson

Small Animal Dermatology A Color Atlas and Therapeutic Guide provides concise, thorough coverage of over 250 skin diseases affecting small animals. More than 1,000 high-quality images help to ensure accurate diagnoses, with coverage including clinical features, top differentials, treatment, and prognosis for each disorder. In this edition, author Keith A. Hnilica streamlines content for practical, everyday use in the clinic. The differential diagnosis chapter is updated for added clarity and easier use, and for quick access, chapters now list diseases based upon the frequency of their occurrence in the pet population.

Recommended Book:

Complex Clinical Cases in Small Animal Dermatology

Features

Features:

Well-organized, concise, yet comprehensive, coverage of over 250 skin diseases in dogs, cats, birds, and exotic pets like rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chinchillas, turtles, snakes, and lizards allows for quick and easy reference.
Comprehensive drug appendices highlight information about dosage, adverse reactions, indications, and contraindications for antimicrobial, antiseborrheic, and antipruritic shampoo therapy, topical, otic, and systemic therapeutic drugs.
Detailed procedures include helpful illustrations of key techniques.
Thoroughly covers each disorder with recognizable clinical signs, top differentials, diagnostic tests, treatment recommendations, and prognoses.
More than 1,450 vivid, full-color images in atlas format clearly demonstrate clinical appearance of skin lesions to facilitate accurate diagnosis and treatment.
An atlas of before- and after-treatment images provides you with a compelling client communication tool to promote treatment acceptance and compliance.
Emphasizes important information on the continuing emergence of zoonotic skin diseases in each chapter.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

1. Differential Diagnoses and Algorithms
2. Diagnostic Techniques
3. Bacterial Skin Diseases
4. Fungal Skin Diseases
5. Parasitic Skin Disorders
6. Viral, Rickettsial, and Protozoal Skin Diseases
7. Hypersensitivity Disorders
8. Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Skin Disorders
9. Hereditary, Congenital, and Acquired Alopecias
10. Congenital Diseases
11. Pigmentary Abnormalities
12. Keratinization and Seborrheic Disorders
13. Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Claws, and Anal Sacs
14. Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Tumors
15. An Overview of Bird and Exotic Animal Skin Diseases
16. Before and After Case Image Atlas
Appendices

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Acupressure for Horses: Hands-On Techniques to Solve Performance Problems and Ease Pain and Discomfort

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By Ina Gosmeier

Acupressure for Horses, Hands-On Techniques to Solve Performance Problems and Ease Pain and Discomfort. Now you can help your horse with simple acupressure techniques!

Help your horse with simple acupressure techniques!

Recommended Book:

Equine Anesthesia and Pain Management: A Color Handbook

Features

Features:

Learn to identify your horse’s individual “body constitution type,” which determines choices of acupressure treatment
Understand the 12 main channels of energy in your horse’s body
Gain the ability to choose the correct points to treat specific issues
Relieve mild sources of pain and discomfort in your horse’s body
Influence his mental health and stability
Choose appropriate treatment from a comprehensive list of common problems
Use step-by-step instructions and photos to help your horse

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

How acupressure works and when to use it
History and theoretical background of acupressure
Horse types for acupressure
Acupressure points to mentally balance each horse type
The application of acupressure
Acupressure points : description and effects
Closing comments

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The Cat Behavior Answer Book

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By Arden Moore

The Cat Behavior Answer Book. Cats are lovable, funny, attentive listeners, and wonderfully cuddly. They can also be tenacious, persnickety, and maddeningly aloof. Arden Moore explains the mysteries behind your feline friend’s thoughts and actions, from that inexplicable fascination with catnip to kneading blankets, chasing mice, and dozens of other complexities of cat behavior. With a handle on what’s behind your cat’s quirky personality, you’ll be able to maximize quality time with the fuzziest member of the family.

Recommended Book:

The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour 3rd Edition

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

PART I: Feeling Fine about Being Feline

PART II: Chatting with Your Cat

PART III: Kitty Quirks and Funny Felines

PART IV: Thinking Outside the Box

PART V: The Basics of Chowing and Grooming

PART VI: The Ins and Outs of Living with Cats

Resources
Index

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Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats

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By National Research Council

Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats. Updating recommendations last made by the National Research Council in the mid-1980s, this report provides nutrient recommendations based on physical activity and stage in life, major factors that influence nutrient needs. It looks at how nutrients are metabolized in the bodies of dogs and cats, indications of nutrient deficiency, and diseases related to poor nutrition. The report provides a valuable resource for industry professionals formulating diets, scientists setting research agendas, government officials developing regulations for pet food labeling, and as a university textbook for dog and cat nutrition. It can also guide pet owners feeding decisions for their pets with information on specific nutrient needs, characteristics of different types of pet foods, and factors to consider when feeding cats and dogs.

Recommended Book:

Small Animal Microbiomes and Nutrition

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

1. Comparative Digestive Physiology of Dogs and Cats
2. Feeding Behavior of Dogs and Cats
3. Energy
4. Carbohydrates and Fiber
5. Fat and Fatty Acids
6. Protein and Amino Acids
7. Minerals
8. Vitamins
9. Water
10. Special Considerations for Laboratory Animals
11. Physical Activity and Environment
12. Diet Formulation and Feed Processing
13. Nutrient Composition of Ingredients Used in Dog and Cat Foods
14. Other Food Constituents
15. Nutrient Requirements and Dietary Nutrient Concentrations

Appendices
A. About the Authors
B. Acronyms and Abbreviations

Index

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Color Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2nd Edition

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By Kirk N. Gelatt and Caryn E. Plummer

Color Atlas of Veterinary Ophthalmology 2nd Edition provides a compendium of the clinical appearance of ophthalmic diseases likely to be encountered in small, large, or exotic animal practice.

Recommended Book:

Essentials of Veterinary Ophthalmology 4th Edition

Features

Features:

Offers a pictorial reference to the clinical appearance of diseases and conditions of the animal eye
Presents multiple presentations of most ophthalmic diseases to show the varying ways the condition might appear
Provides more than 1,000 high-quality color clinical photographs showing ocular disorders
Includes new introductory chapters on ocular anatomy, the ophthalmic exam, and clinical findings in place of the clinical signs chapter
Covers clinical history, the clinical signs and findings associated with the disease, the rule-outs or differential diagnoses, the recommended treatment, and the prognosis for each disorder

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

1. Ocular Anatomy

2. The Ophthalmic Examination and Diagnostics

3. Clinical Signs and Their Interpretations

4. Canine Orbit

5. Canine Eyelids

6. Canine Tear and Nasolacrimal Systems

7. Canine Conjunctiva and Nictitating Membrane (Nictitans)

8. Canine Cornea and Sclera

9. Canine Glaucomas

10. Canine Anterior Uvea

11. Canine Lens and Cataract Formation

12. Canine Vitreous

13. Canine Ocular Fundus and Optic Nerve

14. Feline Ophthalmology

15. Equine Ophthalmology

16. Food and Fiber Animal Ophthalmology

17. Ophthalmology in Exotic Pets

18. Systemic Diseases with Ophthalmic Manifestations

19. Neuro‐ophthalmic Syndromes

Appendix A: Glossary – Frequently Used Veterinary Ophthalmology Terms

Appendix B: Eye Diseases in the Brachycephalic Breeds

Appendix C: Inherited Cataracts in the Dog, Parts 1 and 2

Index

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Veterinary Ocular Pathology A Comparative Review

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By Richard R. Dubielzig , Kerry L. Ketring , Gillian J McLellan and Daniel M. Albert MD MS

Veterinary Ocular Pathology A Comparative Review links the clinical features of ocular disease with gross and microscopic pathology to demonstrate the essential features observable during diagnosis. It is designed to be kept next to the microscope as an invaluable guide to accurate diagnosis in ocular pathology.

Veterinary Ocular Pathology A Comparative Review PDF book presents a wide range of images of the highest quality. A unique and distinctive feature is the juxtaposition of clinical and pathological images while offering detailed enumeration of the diagnostic features. Expert comparative comments by Dr Daniel Albert and contextual information on relative incidence are provided throughout. The authors address spontaneous disease of the eye in all animal species, with a particular emphasis on companion species. In addition, specific, common or interesting conditions of exotic species are included.

Recommended Book:

Handbook of Veterinary Ocular Emergencies

Features

Features:

The first text devoted to the pathology of spontaneous diseases of the eyes and periocular tissues of domestic animal species
Exceptionally high quality illustrations are presented throughout, demonstrating clinical features, gross pathology and histopathology
Written by pathologists and clinicians
Includes a chapter devoted to the pathology of conditions associated with glaucoma in domestic animals

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 – The principles and practice of ocular pathology

Chapter 2 – Pathologic mechanisms in ocular disease

Chapter 3 – Congenital, developmental, or hereditary abnormalities in animals

Chapter 4 – Surgical trauma and iatrogenic lesions

Chapter 5 – Non-surgical trauma

Chapter 6 – Diseases of the orbit

Chapter 7 – Diseases of the eyelids and conjunctiva

Chapter 8 – Diseases of the cornea and sclera

Chapter 9 – The uvea

Chapter 10 – Diseases of the Lens