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very usefull tool for a busy vet, student or even technician.Very clear and simple exposition of the procedures. Anyone, even the most experienced professional, will find something to learn.
I only gave a 4 because the book has no actual photographs, just illustrations and they are black and white. & lavage, semen collection and insemination, vaginal exam and speciman collection, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, rapid evaluation of bleeding and clotting disorders. Their is a small section for rabbits. Most of the book is dedicated to the dog & cat. It includes restraint, and selected clinical procedures ( intravenous catheterization, bandaging the catheter for fluid adminstration, blood collection from jugular catheter, oral adminstration of liquid medication/tablet, intravenous injection, urine collection, & endotracheal tube intabation).
This book was required by my teacher for class. Otherwise the book is great. The sections include chapters on restraint, blood collection, injection techniques, placement and care of IV caths, oral adminstration of medications, dermatologic procedures, impression preparations, fine needle aspiration biopsy, ophthalmic procedures, ear care, pedicure, urethral catheterization, rectal exam, anal sac expression and cannulation, enema, skin prep., intubation, gastric lavage, dental prophylaxis, nasopharyngeal procedures, teansteacheal aspiration, centesis, peritoneal cath. I work with cats and I think some of the cat restraint techniques are way off.
And I go to my seniors' animal hospital every weekend for studying and assitanting them. I think this book is very good for Vet.technician. This book is really detailed for every part of the way of treating pets. Before I assitant them, I had to know about treating animals with the right way. I'm a freshman in veterinary medical college. But i am sure it will not help any junior or senior studying veterinary medicine. Then my seniors gave this book to me. I am sure that this book will be helpful to you, veterinary technician or a student often doing assistance in hospital just like me.
The authors evidently know their stuff very well and describe many procedures with meticulousness. One wonders whether photographs could have been better in these cases. I missed some procedures that are common in veterinary clinics today like x-rays and some small surgery techniques that are common in a clinical setting. However, necessary details are missing on ocassion, like where to locate the vessel they recommend to inject. This book reveals a good intent that fell slightly short. The book is very useful and well worth buying it, but the authors could make it even better if they surveyed the needs of their colleagues before attempting the next edition. The illustations are satisfactory but sometimes insufficient. For examaple, I would have liked to find some pointers on how to operate an x-ray machine.
The illustrations are awesome. I am a director of a veterinary technology program and this is a required text. It outlines the "how-to-do" of procedures as simple as cephalic venipuncture to complicated procedures such as gastrotomy tube placement. The value of this book lies in the fact that it lists every supply or piece of equipment you will need to perform a procedure and then walks you through it step by step. This book would be a valuable reference for a practitioner or technician who wants to perform a procedure for the first time or needs a refresher on the procedure.The inclusion of rabbits to this edition is a welcome addition as it outlines procedures likely performed in practice.
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