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Principles of veterinary science /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoopes, Keith H.
Other Authors: Thwaits, Richard N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Williams & Wilkins, [1997]
Subjects:
Veterinary Medicine.
Animal Diseases.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Basic principles
  • An introduction to the economics of animal hygiene and production
  • Classification and causes of disease
  • Mechanisms of disease
  • Veterinary pathology
  • Pt. 2. Methods of protection
  • Protective mechanisms of the body
  • Immunity and biologics
  • Pt. 3. Managing for disease prevention and control
  • General procedures in disease prevention
  • Health history and veterinary diagnostics
  • Supportive therapy
  • Care of the feet and body surfaces
  • Nutrition and disease.
  • Management of reproduction
  • Diseases of the newborn
  • Pt. 4. Pharmacology
  • Basic principles of pharmacology
  • Drugs as they react with various body systems
  • Antimicrobials and Antiparasitics
  • Pt. 5. Examples of disease processes
  • Wounds and wound therapy
  • Stress and disease
  • Shock
  • Toxemias and disease
  • Metabolism and disease
  • Toxicology.