1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019444503321

Autore

Smith Mary C

Titolo

Goat medicine / / Mary Smith, David Sherman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

9786612302305

9781119949527

1119949521

9781282302303

1282302302

9780813818825

0813818826

9780813819099

0813819091

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (886 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ShermanDavid M

Disciplina

636.3/9089

636.39089

Soggetti

Goats - Diseases

Goats - Diseases - Tropics

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

cover; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; 1: Fundamentals of Goat Practice; 2: Skin; 3: Subcutaneous Swellings; 4: Musculoskeletal System; 5: Nervous System; 6: Ocular System; 7: Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems; 8: Cardiovascular System; 9: Respiratory System; 10: Digestive System; 11: Liver and Pancreas; 12: Urinary System; 13: Reproductive System; 14: Mammary Gland and Milk Production; 15: Wasting Diseases; 16: Sudden Death; 17: Anesthesia; 18: Dehorning and Descenting; 19: Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases

20: Herd Health Management and Preventive MedicineAppendix A: Formulary of Some Drugs Used in Goats and Suggested Dosages; Appendix B: Alternative Medicine; Appendix C: Conversion Factors for Biochemistry and Hematology; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Fully revised and expanded, Goat Medicine, Second Edition includes discussions on new diseases ranging from bovine spongiform encephalopathy to floppy kid disease as well as major updates on important diseases such as scrapie, mycoplasmosis, paratuberculosis, and urolithiasis. Information has also been added on management of transgenic goats and organic goat production. The text begins by outlining fundamentals of goat practice and moves on to systems-based coverage of the goat. Each chapter provides clinical anatomy and physiology of every system alongside information on relevant clinic