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Farm Animal Medicine and Surgery: For Small Animal Veterinarians
Author(s): Dr Graham R Duncanson (Author)
- Publisher: CABI Publishing
- Publication Date: 26 April 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 274 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845938828
- ISBN-13: 9781845938826
Book Description
Small animal veterinarians are increasingly taking on caseloads that include farm animals, with cases being presented by local hobby farmers, smallholders, and ‘novelty pet’ owners. Recognising this trend, this book provides a quick reference guide for small-animal orientated veterinarians in the basics of surgery and treatment of farm animals. Popular animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, camelids and backyard poultry are covered, and basic techniques such as anaesthesia, clinical examination techniques, breeding, surgery and euthanasia are discussed. This book provides a quick-reference format, ideal for looking up information during a consult, useful for veterinarians in small and mixed practices and those less familiar with animals such as alpacas which have seen an increase in popularity. Also ideal as a refresher guide and as a continuing professional development resource.
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About the Author
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 with historic links to Westover Veterinary Centre, UK.
