Librería Servicio Médico

Author : Knottenbelt, Malalana

Language: English

Finishing ::  Hardcover, 512 pages

ISBN : 9780702051098

Edition Number: November 2014

Description:

This is an indispensable reference for equine veterinary practitioners, veterinary students, and others involved in breeding and keeping horses. This new edition has been fully revised, updated and re-written in a more user-friendly style and format with the inclusion of high quality line drawings and photographs to aid understanding. Also, a conscious decision was made to use generic drug names making this as relevant as possible for everybody working in the equine field all over the world.

Features:

• A listing of haematological, biochemical, physiological, and therapeutic data is contained in just one volume, designed with the final-year vet student and recent graduate in mind.
• Information on drug dosages and adverse reactions reflects manufacturers’ recommendations in data sheets and literature inserts.
• Clinical Aids section provides highly practical advice and quick synopses for the most common scenarios likely to occur on a field visit, such as bandaging techniques, humane destruction, and restraint techniques.
• Practical, universal relevance is created by the use of SI units and generic drug names - making this reference useful to everyone working in the equine field all over the world, whether vet student or equine specialist.
• Practical, step-by-step instructions summarize principal diagnostic tests.

New To This Edition:

• A handy interactive app format allows extra-quick, point-of-care reference.
• A full-colour design includes more high-quality line drawings and adds photographs showing nerve block techniques.
• Revised clinical techniques section deals with the difficult horse and restraint methods, including field anaesthesia.
• Algorithmic approach updates and clarifies emergency procedures, wound management, disease control protocols, and more.
• Wound dressings and suturing sections are thoroughly modernized.
• Updates include all drugs and dosages and regulatory news.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Vital Signs, Normal Values

• Reference Values
• Sample Collection
• Reproductive Data

Part 2: Diagnostic Tests

• Test Performances

Part 3: Index of Drugs Used in Equine Medicine

• The Use of Veterinary Medicinal Products
• Guidelines for the Use of Medicines in Equine Animals
• Prescriptions
• Prescription Abbreviations
• Drug Categorisation for Prescription Purposes
• Distribution Categories (UK) from October 2005
• Section 1: Drugs Acting on Central Nervous System
• Section 2: Drugs Acting on the Cardiovascular System
• Section 3: Drugs Acting on the Respiratory System
• Section 4: Drugs Acting on the Urinary Tract
• Section 5: Drugs Acting on the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Section 6: Hormones/Steroids and Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
• Section 7: Anti-infective Drugs
• Section 8: Blood Modifying Agents
• Section 9: Vaccines/Antisera
• Section 10: Miscellaneous Drugs/Medications and Other Materials

Part 4: Clinical Aids

• Section 1: Bodyweight and Surface Area Estimation
• Section 2: Imperial-Metric Conversion
• Section 3: SI Unit Conversion Factors
• Section 4: Restraint of Horses
• Section 5: Ageing
• Section 6: Humane Destruction
• Section 7: Bandaging Techniques
• Section 8: Clinical Techniques
• Section 9: Signs of Impending Parturition
• Section 10: Neonatal Assessment and Sepsis Scoring of Foals
• Section 11: Poisons and Antidotes
• Section 12: Notifiable Diseases
• Section 13: Investigative Methods/Protocols
• Section 14: Equipment for Equine Practice
• Section 15: Anaesthesia
• Section 16 Current Requirements Concerning Drug Usage and Passport Regulations in the UK

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