This comprehensive guide to all aspects of caring for horses, cattle, camelids, small ruminants, and pigs helps veterinary technician students learn everything they need to know about large animal medicine. Presented in full-color, Large Animal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians provides species-specific coverage with a wealth of images, as well as clinical applications. Coverage includes AVMA-required topics such as hospital biosecurity, restraint, physical examinations, nutrition, clinical and diagnostic procedures, reproduction, neonatology, and disease. To reinforce the text, an accompanying website offers review questions and answers, case studies, and an image bank with additional photographs to aid in breed identification. Veterinary technician students, veterinary technician educators, and veterinary technicians in practice who wish to foster and expand their knowledge of large animal medicine will find Large Animal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians an invaluable resource.

This comprehensive guide to all aspects of caring for horsescattle, camelids, small ruminants, and pigs helps veterinarytechnician students learn everything they need to know about largeanimal medicine.Presented in full-color, Large Animal Medicine for VeterinaryTechnicians provides species-specific coverage with a wealth ofimages, as well as clinical applications. Coverage includesAVMA-required topics such as hospital biosecurity, restraintphysical examinations, nutrition, clinical and diagnosticprocedures, reproduction, neonatology, and disease.To reinforce the text, an accompanying website offers reviewquestions and answers, case studies, and an image bank withadditional photographs to aid in breed identification.Veterinary technician students, veterinary technician educatorsand veterinary technicians in practice who wish to foster andexpand their knowledge of large animal medicine will find LargeAnimal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians an invaluableresource.

ContributorsPrefaceAbbreviationsAbout the Companion WebsiteChapter 1 Hospital BiosecurityLeslie HiberChapter 2 RestraintAnn Elizabeth Goplen, Sergio Gonzales, Sheryl Ferguson, DarcyDeCrescenza, and Laura LienChapter 3 HistoryStacie K. SeymourChapter 4 Physical ExamScott R. R. Haskell, Bonnie L. Loghry, Carrie J. Finno, KristenWegner, Jamie DeFazio, William Gilsenan, and Amy L.JohnsonChapter 5 NutritionKara M. BurnsChapter 6 Clinical ProceduresAnnette M. McCoy, Erica McKenzie, and Sue LolyChapter 7 Diagnostic ProceduresSue Loly, Joann Slack, Laura Lien, Rolf B. Modesto, and SherylFergusonChapter 8 Medical ImagingMyra F. Barrett, Kurt Selberg, Sheryl Ferguson, Joann Slack, andSusan StewardChapter 9 ReproductionHarry Momont and Celina M. ChecuraChapter 10 NeonatologyLaura LienChapter 11 DiseasesFernando J. Marqués, William Gilsenan, Amy L. Johnson,Shirley Sandoval, Sian Durward-Akhurst, Stephanie Rutten-Ramos, SueLoly, and Heather HopkinsonMultiple Choice Questions Answer Bank"Test Your Learning" Answer BankGlossary of TermsIndex