Veterinary Treatment of Sheep and Goats (eBook)

Graham R Duncanson (Autor)

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2025 | 2. Auflage
1140 Seiten
CAB INTERNATIONAL (Verlag)
978-1-80062-852-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides a general veterinary guide to treating common conditions in these animals. It addresses veterinary medicines and their uses, on-site surgery, equipment, normal values and vital signs, vaccination, nutrition, dental treatment, poisoning and dermatology. Worldwide disease conditions are also covered in detail.

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Sheep and goats are farmed worldwide for meat, milk, skins and wool. This diverse range of uses means that many people rely on these animals as a source of income, food and warm clothing, though they can also be kept as pets.

With an accessible structure designed for use in the field, this book provides a general veterinary guide to treating common conditions in these animals. Fully updated in this new edition, it addresses veterinary medicines and their uses, on-site surgery, equipment, normal values and vital signs, vaccination, nutrition, dental treatment, poisoning and dermatology. Worldwide disease conditions are also covered in detail, with a particular focus on the welfare of the animal and economic reality.

Autor

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.6.2025
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin
• Schlagworte: goat breeds • goat health • goat medicine • goat neurology • goat reproduction • goat surgery • herd and flock health • livestock medicine • notifiable veterinary diseases • ruminant medicine • sheep breeds • sheep health • sheep medicine • sheep neurology • sheep reproduction • sheep surgery • veterinary anaesthesia • veterinary behaviour • veterinary diagnosis • veterinary equipment • veterinary euthanasia • veterinary gastroenterology • veterinary nutrition • veterinary postmortem • veterinary treatment • veterinary vaccinations • Zoonoses
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-852-8 / 1800628528
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-852-6 / 9781800628526