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Record Nr.

UNINA9910627298403321

Autore

Duncanson Graham R.

Titolo

Veterinary treatment of pigs / / Graham R. Duncanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : , : CABI, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-78924-470-6

1-78064-173-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

616.02

616.0273

636.4089

Soggetti

Swine - Diseases

Swine - Health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Animal husbandry -- Nutrition -- Making a diagnosis and post mortem technique -- Veterinary equipment -- Vaccines -- Sedation, analgesia, anaesthesia, and euthanasia -- Surgical procedures -- Diseases of the gastro-enteric system -- Diseases of the respiratory and circulatory systems -- Diseases of the urino-genital system -- Diseases of the neurological system -- Diseases of the skin -- Multisystemic diseases -- Notifiable diseases -- Poisons and causes of sudden death -- Zoonotic diseases.

Sommario/riassunto

Written from a practitioner's viewpoint, this book covers the everyday veterinary care and treatment of pigs for the large animal veterinarian. Beginning with basic husbandry, maintenance and nutrition, the book then moves onto diagnosing conditions, the necessary equipment and medicines in a veterinarian's arsenal and different treatment options, before describing diseases by body system to create an easy-to-use, practical guide to pig treatment. Equally suitable for veterinarians, veterinary students and pig industry personnel, this book takes a worldwide approach with notifiable diseases as