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Fresh, direct, and phase-contrast microscopy is an easy-to-perform, replicable, and economical diagnostic technique included in the guidelines of the Centers of Disease Control of Atlanta in 2015
The ten chapters of the volume answer these ten fundamental questions and the clinician who faces an apical pathology of endodontic origin will therefore have the solutions. The aim of this text/atlas is to provide a guide to the diagnostic approach and to the execution of endodontic retreatments of complex cases.
This book highlights all the medical aspects that the veterinary practitioner should bear when dealing with a senior feline patient. The key points of each system and disease are addressed clearly. The practical application of the information provided is the book's main asset, always from the perspective of their physiological peculiarities and response to the treatment.
This book deals with the main orthopaedic conditions of the stifle joint in dogs and cats, so veterinary surgeons can assess, diagnose and treat the disorders commonly seen in their practice. It is intended to help veterinary clinicians make a correct diagnosis and prognosis and establish the most appropriate drug or surgical treatment for each case. Orthopaedic pathologies of the stifle joint contains plenty of high-quality images and illustrations as well as links to videos through QR codes, which provide additional information and contribute to making the book even more practical.
Artificial insemination (AI) is an indispensable technique on swine farms, and its success depends primarily on semen quality. This handbook covers the key steps necessary to obtain high-quality processed semen and ensure successful AI. Essential practical considerations are clearly detailed in each chapter.
This book, focused on the most remarkable facts linked to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and related diseases, places special emphasis on aspects connected with immunity, diagnosis and proper use of vaccines, which have brought about a revolution in the subclinical control of PCV2 since mid/late 2000s due to their great efficacy.
Technical work mainly focused on the management of pig farms working with hyperprolific genetics, which almost completely monopolize the market in this species in both productive and reproductive terms. The author, a renowned experienced specialist in swine genetics, provides key information to facilitate the management of these lines by veterinary professionals.
This innovative book presents the essential aspects of bovine immunology and provides key information about the main vaccine-preventable diseases in cattle and vaccination and disease control procedures. The detailed illustrations and diagrams will help veterinary practitioners consolidate their knowledge in this field.
This atlas is aimed at bovine medicine practitioners to provide them with an easy to use visual reference of the main pathologies and disorders present in this species. A wide range of the most common diseases and disorders of cattle are illustrated, grouped by organic system and anatomic location, along with a brief description of the aetiology and pathology of each. The atlas includes the main disorders of cattle including congenital malformations, skin disorders, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and diseases affecting the locomotor system, the nervous system including the sensory organs and the reproductive apparatus of males and females including the mammary gland.
A visual and instructive book written by experts in the field, which shows readers how to analyse the most important characteristics of lameness and the main measures for its control and optimal prevention.
Handy and rigorous book focused on the diagnosis of the main diseases affecting poultry through a practical and visual approach of the topic, and written by prestigious experts with a wide experience in this field. Each disease has been thoroughly reviewed including the most updated information (clinical signs, gross and microscopic pathology, as well as methods of isolation or detection of the etiologic agent(s) and serologic methods for antibody detection) to better understand the content. Numerous graphic resources (images, graphs, tables, flowcharts) have been included to complement the information provided and make the contents understandable and accessible to readers.
This book aims to introduce veterinary surgeons to a new concept of pain for a better understanding of what pain is and how it occurs. By describing pain pathways and their regulation, as well as the sophisticated therapeutic systems that are currently being developed, this book shows its readers how to interpret pain, and how to identify it as a pathology in itself and treat it as such. The management of chronic pain in companion animals is an area in which there is a significant therapeutic void. In many cases, professionals are unaware of the appropriate approach to managing chronic pain, despite the wide range of pharmacological, surgical, and physical therapy options that act directly on the pain pathways.
Routine preventative dental care is essential to prevent dental and oral health problems in cats. With more than 400 high-quality images, clear anatomical illustrations, and thorough descriptions, this new volume on veterinary dentistry focused exclusively in cats aims at being a guide for quick visual identification and prompt diagnosis and treatment of oral and dental problems in this domestic species.
This handbook about small animal emergency care contains the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the most common emergencies seen in small animal practice, classified by organ systems. For each emergency, a definition of the condition that has caused the situation, its causes, the diagnostic approach, and the most appropriate treatment is provided. The goal is to provide an easily accessible quick reference guide to save valuable time during stressful emergency medical cases.
This book addresses the main feline infectious diseases that are usually seen in daily veterinary practice and includes all the existing updates regarding the diagnostic approach and management of these conditions. Its main aim is to provide highly practical information in order to offer a new perspective, different from other textbooks, about the current infectious diseases in cats.
This new atlas focuses on how parasitic diseases can be diagnosed, treated, and prevented, with a special emphasis on those aspects on which pet owners can have an influence. It includes a classification of parasitic diseases according to the organ systems they affect, parasites in exotic animals, and a description of the most important zoonoses transmitted by dogs and cats.
This new volume of the collection Pet Owner Educational Atlas aims to help pet owners gain a better understanding of parasites, always through their veterinary surgeon's explanations and recommendations. It continues with the goal established in the first work: helping veterinarians in their communication with the pet owners when it comes to explaining how a parasitic disease is affecting their pets.
En el ajetreo de la clínica diaria pueden pasarse por alto ciertos detalles que pueden ser ?cruciales? para un caso clínico. Esta obra refrescará tus conocimientos en propedéutica equina y te guiará con ilustraciones de gran calidad a través de todos los sistemas corporales para completar así una exploración clínica excelente.
Esta obra es un manual práctico para la consulta de reproducción de la clínica diaria. En él se recogen todos los aspectos de la reproducción en perros y gatos, desde la fisiología de cada especie, pasando por las principales patologías en ambos sexos, hasta los tratamientos farmacológicos y quirúrgicos indicados en cada caso. Además de esto, en este manual se tiene en cuenta el papel del propietario en la presentación y evolución de los casos y también incluye recomendaciones y consejos para el veterinario, con el objetivo de que su quehacer y resultados en la consulta de reproducción sean los mejores posibles.
Identificar animales que presenten algún peligro para la salud animal o pública, garantizar unas condiciones adecuadas de bienestar desde la entrada en el matadero hasta el sacrificio y exponer las decisiones más adecuadas en la inspección post mortem son algunas de sus características. El libro destaca por su tratamiento original, su estructura y por la calidad de sus imágenes.
El atlas es uno de los trabajos más ambiciosos del autor, que ha tomado como base su excelente y completísimo Manual de diferenciación racial para transmitir, de forma amena y atractiva, las múltiples facetas del mundo animal. Carlos Sañudo ofrece una rigurosa y detallada clasificación de las razas de animales de producción. El atlas incluye además más de dos mil imágenes: todo ello para dar una idea amplia de la variedad racial a nivel mundial y nacional.
Escrito por Gemma del Pueyo, especialista de referencia en nuestro país, este libro permitirá que puedan perfeccionar sus conocimientos en fisioterapia y rehabilitación veterinaria y descubrir las posibilidades que ofrece esta disciplina en el tratamiento de las patologías musculoesqueléticas y nerviosas de los animales de compañía. Todos los contenidos se describen de forma sencilla y concreta, para que el lector pueda consultarlos con la mínima inversión de tiempo posible.
Este nuevo volumen de la colección aborda la región anatómica del tórax, con una descripción detallada y clara de las intervenciones quirúrgicas, desde las más comunes como son la toracotomía o la colocación de un drenaje torácico, a las más complejas como es la colocación de un parche transvalvular en casos de estenosis de la válvula pulmonar o la cardioplastia esofagodiafragmática en casos de megaesófago idiopático.
En esta obra se muestran las patologías del sistema digestivo porcino estructuradas y organizadas de forma clara y práctica, con unos contenidos muy ligados al campo. Mediante numerosas imágenes se describe la exploración, necropsia de campo y toma de muestras relacionadas con problemas entéricos, y el manejo, tratamiento y medidas de control de las principales enfermedades digestivas del cerdo. Su alto grado de actualización y la inclusión de hojas de campo y de un capítulo sobre costes económicos hacen que sea una herramienta muy útil para el veterinario clínico que se responsabiliza de la gestión de explotaciones porcinas.
Este libro aporta pautas únicas sobre bioseguridad porcina, y de gran utilidad para los veterinarios, profesores, asesores y estudiantes. Muchas de sus páginas se pueden utilizar en la granja porcina para obtener información rápida y práctica sobre control de patógenos.
Esta obra realiza un repaso completo de la anatomía esquelética, proyecciones radiológicas comunes, así como de los hallazgos radiológicos más relevantes en traumas esqueléticos.
