Description: This book provides practical, everyday veterinary advice on common conditions and surgical procedures. This new edition: covers basic husbandry, nutrition, examination, vaccines, analgesia, anaesthesia, dermatology, and poisons; expands on previous zoonotic disease coverage, as well as other key issues such as biosecurity, handling, and management of these animals; and updates advice throughout, including changes to legislation and advances in new treatments, surgical techniques, and medicines. With medical and surgical options arranged by body system for easy reference, this book is an important tool for any veterinarian to have at their disposal.
Brief description: Graham R. Duncanson is a farmer's son who qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1966 at Bristol University. He spent eight years working in Kenya before returning to the UK, and has been a general practitioner in Norfolk ever since. He is a passionate traveller and has taught and worked throughout the world. He has completed a doctorate on an investigation of the difficulties faced by practitioner researchers in publication, and is a regular writer in veterinary journals and other publications. He is currently an Equine and Farm Animal Practitioner at Westover Veterinary Centre, UK.