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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.
Esta Guía de atención al parto de la vaca es un libro asequible, pero completo y exhaustivo, que explora a fondo todos los aspectos relacionados con el parto de la vaca, de forma didáctica y aplicativa. A pesar de que tenemos partos continuamente en nuestras granjas, muchas veces no reciben la atención que merecen, cuando realmente nos encontramos ante un hecho del que depende en gran medida el rendimiento y la economía de la explotación. Desde conocer los factores que predisponen a la distocia (el parto problemático), pasando por su prevención y el manejo de la vaca durante la gestación, las bases fisiológicas del parto y los problemas que podemos encontrar, hasta la actuación en el posparto con la vaca y su ternero recién nacido.
Este libro está planteado para ayudar a los veterinarios dedicados al sector de la avicultura y a los especialistas en diagnóstico en la identificación y control de las enfermedades inmunosupresoras. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar al lector las enfermedades más frecuentes que pueden producir inmunosupresión en las aves, orientarle en el diagnóstico de las mismas y examinar los retos a los que puede enfrentarse a la hora de confirmar un diagnóstico de inmunosupresión. El propósito de los autores también es hacer hincapié en aquellos aspectos que requieren una mayor investigación para conseguir un diagnóstico adecuado y un correcto control de las enfermedades inmunosupresoras.
This atlas shows Cardiology in a way it had never been done before. The images it contains, of both the healthy heart and the main heart diseases that affect dogs and cats, have a unique technical and artistic value.
A través de 60 casos de preguntas y respuestas (Q&A), en los que se reflejan situaciones reales en la actividad profesional veterinaria, se lleva a cabo un repaso enteramente práctico de los endoparásitos y ectoparásitos que afectan a los bovinos. El libro se estructura en cuatro capítulos dedicados a los endoparásitos de los aparatos digestivo y respiratorio, a los endoparásitos sistémicos y a los parásitos cutáneos. Sus más de 260 imágenes y esquemas, le otorgan a esta obra un carácter de atlas de parasitología bovina.
Obra dedicada en profundidad a la diabetes mellitus felina reflejando la situación actual de la enfermedad en la clínica, las últimas investigaciones al respecto y los diferentes enfoques de manejo y tratamiento de esta patología y de sus complicaciones.
Esta obra nos habla del dolor en los animales de compañía y de cómo afecta éste a su bienestar, estado sanitario y, por supuesto, a su comportamiento. En ella se describen las dificultades encontradas, a lo largo de la historia, para que el hombre haya llegado a reconocer que los animales presentan los mismos mecanismos neurofisiológicos que los humanos para sentir el dolor y cuáles son estas vías sensitivas. Después se adentra en profundidad en los cambios que el dolor puede originar en el comportamiento de perros y gatos y en las herramientas de las que dispone el veterinario para controlarlo. La buena praxis veterinaria y la ética profesional nos llevan a reducir todo lo posible el dolor en los animales. Disponer de un libro como éste puede ayudar a conseguirlo.
Libro técnico multidisciplinar sobre pediatría canina y felina, escrito por destacados especialistas en las diferentes materias, que aborda todos los aspectos clínicos relacionados con la primera etapa de la vida. Cada uno de los capítulos refleja la dilatada experiencia de los autores en aspectos tan diversos como la detección temprana de alteraciones del desarrollo tanto neurológicas como del sistema musculo esquelético, las patologías infecciosas o parasitarias o los tratamientos farmacológicos y quirúrgicos indicados en este periodo etario, con el objetivo común de ofrecer una obra completa y aplicativa sobre la atención veterinaria de los animales pediátricos.
Un atlas visual que describe el proceso de desarrollo embrionario con el objetivo de identificar sus puntos críticos y poder establecer un diagnóstico adecuado.
La variabilidad racial de las aves es extraordinaria, las peculiaridades de su reproducción y la velocidad con la que ésta se produce en muchas especies permiten lograr variaciones de formas, faneros y productividad de una forma muy rápida. Este libro pretende ofrecer una sistemática de clasificación racial, una asociación de especies y razas a productos y, en definitiva, una visión global de la riqueza que las aves de raza nos ofrecen.
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.
