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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
This new book in the Small Animal Surgery series reviews some of the surgical errors and complications that may occur in daily practice when performing surgery. It is intended for surgeons starting their professional careers and residents, as well as experienced veterinary surgeons, since it must not be forgotten that errors can occur at any time, no matter how much experience one may have.
This edition of the Veterinary suture handbook expands the contents of the previous edition with updated and more practical information. It includes basic aspects such as the different types of sutures, their characteristics and those of the instruments used, and the latest and most innovative materials. It also provides detailed descriptions of their use and advice on how to apply them to ensure the best results. In addition, the authors give greater relevance to the suturing of the different organs according to their characteristics and to new techniques, and a whole chapter is dedicated to eye surgery.
Good transfer of passive immunity from sows to piglets is crucial to ensure piglet survival on pig farms. This book is intended to help veterinary practitioners work towards this goal, and includes a review of the basics of immunology and vaccination, as well as comprehensive chapters on the immunisation programmes used in sows and on the transfer of passive immunity from sows to piglets.
This guide is a visual and practical explanation of what should happen from the moment when you receive the semen from the artificial insemination centre, until the moment when the sow is inseminated, with a focus on the use of refrigerated semen: conservation and management of seminal doses, oestrus detection, identification of the best time for insemination, insemination methods, and hormonal control of oestrus and ovulation.
A visual and practical guide on swine leptospirosis aimed at field practitioners to assess and review the current situation of this disease. This book, written by an expert with extensive experience in the management of this disease, describes the most relevant aspects of the aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, lesions, diagnosis, treatment and control of the disease.
Porcine enzootic pneumonia is a chronic respiratory disease responsible for high morbidity rates and great economic losses. This book attempts to update, condense and simplify the large amount of available information about it, including a high number of graphic contents to provide the veterinary surgeon with a handy tool to fully understand, treat, control and prevent this disease.
This guide describes the main events that take place during the dry period, both in the udder and in the cow, and shows how they can influence the subsequent lactation period. The book also provides basic guidelines for a proper drying-off technique and management of cows during this period in order to reduce the prevalence of intramammary infections and achieve optimal milk production.
A practical and simple manual on the methods and techniques to measure blood pressure in cats and dogs, how to interpret the results obtained, and the recommended treatments. It includes a brief review of the current official recommendations of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM), with clear rules and guidelines.
This self-assessment manual allows veterinary surgeons and veterinary students to test their knowledge of small animal dermatology. The book presents a variety of different clinical cases, replete with images of affected patients and relevant data. Based on this information, the reader can identify the disease process in question in a simple and entertaining way, thus refreshing and expanding their knowledge of diagnosis and treatment.
Using a variety of graphical resources, this atlas describes the cutaneous clinical patterns most commonly encountered in dogs (accounting for 90 % of cases seen in veterinary clinics), as well as the associated aetiologies. For each pattern, corresponding guidelines are provided to ensure correct diagnosis. This book has been designed as an educational guide for veterinary practitioners to facilitate the diagnosis of skin diseases. The wealth of graphical material complementing the text provides veterinary surgeons with reference images with which to compare the cases they encounter in the clinic.
This book is part of the Servet Clinical Guides collection, in which each volume compiles the most relevant material on the subject matter covered. This volume focuses on dermatology and is centered on the management of allergic patients. This new collection was created with the objective of helping veterinary surgeons during consultations and providing them with useful information to establish a good relationship with clients. The goal is to give answers to owners’ most frequently asked questions in order to guide them in the best possible manner, as well as to help veterinary surgeons ensure owners complete the patients’ prescribed treatments and maintain effective clinical monitoring of all processes.
This clinical manual on thyroid gland conditions offers an update on the concepts and clinical reality of canine hypothyroidism and feline hyperthyroidism, two processes that have been the subject of much case-based reasoning.
Through 50 questions and their corresponding answers, this book offers an entirely practical review of the endoparasites and ectoparasites which affect the equine species as well as the methods of controlling them. This book, organized into chapters divided by organ, presents real-life situations that deal with parasites of the horse in professional veterinary practice. Its images and diagrams – around 300 altogether – render it something of a parasitology atlas.
This book describes, in a way that greatly facilitates learning, the most relevant renal diseases in cats and dogs, with a focus on their pathophysiology and diagnosis, as well as on how they can be treated. The content not only reflects the latest advances in nephrology, but also shows the kidney in a way rarely seen in veterinary medicine. Either by navigating through the ebook or by using the QR codes in the printed version, readers will be able to view animations designed to explain the anatomy and physiology of the kidney, the pathophysiology of renal diseases and certain techniques.
This guide compiles practical information to aid veterinary clinicians in managing cancer patients, and covers aspects related to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, as well as pain management and communication with owners. It has been developed by leading specialists in oncology who approach the subject from a practical perspective, and includes many images, tables, and diagrams that facilitate understanding of its content and make it an essential volume on the bookshelves of any veterinary clinic.
This up-to-date, descriptive atlas dedicated to the main endoparasites of dogs and cats is an invaluable tool for practicing veterinarians given the importance of these parasites in small animals. The authors, renowned specialists in the field, discuss the most salient aspects of each parasite and use visual aids to describe in practical terms the best means of detection and treatment. The standout feature of the atlas is its diagnosis-oriented format; each plate is divided into four closely related sections, aiding interpretation of the content and making this atlas an essential reference in the field of small animal parasites.
The extraction of impacted dental elements is often referred to by maxillofacial surgeons. However, it can be handled as routinely as any other type of extraction. Piezoelectric surgery of impacted teeth, which involves reproducible procedures using a step-by-step approach in all types of cases, also allows dentists who approach the extraction of impacted elements less frequently to carefully prepare for the procedure and perform it, thereby minimizing possible post-surgical issues for the patient, such as biological risks. Using the most innovative techniques, including the application of ultrasound in oral surgery and piezoelectric surgery, the author provides an indispensable tool to train and update dentists who intend to perform all types of extractions.
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.
Correct vaccination of dogs and cats requires consideration of a broad range of clinical situations and vaccination options, and obliges veterinary surgeons to constantly update their knowledge in order to appropriately deal with the challenges that arise in daily clinical practice. Using a thoroughly practical approach, this book takes an in-depth look at vaccines and vaccination to provide veterinary professionals with the information they require to address the many doubts and questions that arise in relation to this topic.
After explaining how clinical reasoning can be applied to identify a patient’s problems, focus on the most relevant issue, and determine its causes, this book describes complex case studies from a physiological and diagnostic perspective. Readers will be asked to answer a series of questions in order to assess their knowledge and acquire the necessary skills for properly establishing a diagnosis.
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.
