Goat Medicine and Surgery Harwood, David and Mueller, Karin

Product Description As Textbooks Go, This Is One Of The Few That I May Actually Choose To Read In A Spare Moment, Not Just When Madly Researching What Could Possibly Be The Problem When I Get Called To A Goat Farm. It Contains Interesting Information On The Background Of Goat Farming, Goat Behaviour, Nutrition And Husbandry In The Introductory Section... This Hardback, Logically Presented Book Will Live On A Handy Shelf To Be Used On A Regular Basis. Pam Brown, Mixed Practice Vet At Alnorthumbria Vets, Wooler, In Veterinary Record, 27 April 2019Key Features:Covers Both Goat Medicine And Surgerycovers Basic Anatomy, Commons Breeds And Husbandryincludes New And Emerging Diseasesgoats Are One Of The Most Widely Kept Domestic Animals Globally, Mainly As A Result Of The Relative Ease With Which They Can Be Kept And The Obvious Benefits Provided To Those Who Keep Them. Goat Medicine And Surgery Describes The Key Diseases That Can Have An Impact On Goat Health And Welfare Worldwide, Providing Information On Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis, Management And Control. Covers Basic Anatomy, Common Breeds And Husbandry. Divided Into Chapters Covering Each Body System Offers The Common Differential Diagnoses, Followed By The Specific Diagnosis And Recommended Treatments Covers A Wide Range Of Disorders, Including New And Emerging Diseases Modern Goat Keeping Gives Us A Full Spectrum Of Activity From Nomadic Tribes Moving With Their Animals, To The RangeKeeping In Australia, To Units Fattening Goat Kids For Meat And To Intensive Goat Dairy Production Systems. Alongside These Production Systems Are Those In Which Goats Are Kept In Small Numbers As A Hobby, As Pets And At Public Attractions. This Book Deals With The Diseases And Challenges Impacting All Kinds Of Goats And Their Owners. It Will Be Invaluable To Veterinarians In Practice And Training, Animal Scientists And Agricultural Advisors, As Well As Scientists Interested In Animal Welfare. Review As Textbooks Go, This Is One Of The Few That I May Actually Choose To Read In A Spare Moment, Not Just When Madly Researching What Could Possibly Be The Problem When I Get Called To A Goat Farm. It Contains Interesting Information On The Background Of Goat Farming, Goat Behaviour, Nutrition And Husbandry In The Introductory Section. This Is An Area That Was Poorly Covered During My Time At Vet School And, Had I Not Had Good Exposure To Goat Medicine In Practice, The Temptation Would Always Be To Assume Their Needs Are The Same As Those Of Sheep. Despite Being Written By Two Of The Most WellKnown Goat Vets In The Uk, The Information Is Based At General Practitioner Level. The Layout Makes For Easy Reading With Suitable Text Size, Plenty Of Colour Photos Of Live Animals, Postmortem Findings, Ultrasound Scans, Radiographs And Histology Samples... Those Of Us Who Treat Goats Know How Few Products Are Licensed For Treating Them, But This Book Gives Detailed Recommended Dosages That WonT Be Found On Any Medicines Packaging. This Hardback, Logically Presented Book Will Live On A Handy Shelf To Be Used On A Regular Basis. Pam Brown, Mixed Practice Vet At Alnorthumbria Vets, Wooler, In Veterinary Record, 27 April 2019 About The Author David Harwood Bvetmed, Mrcvs: David Qualified From The Royal Veterinary College In 1974, And Worked In Farm Animal Practice Until 1983. He Then Joined The Ministry Of Agriculture (Now Defra) Working For 30 Years As A Veterinary Investigation Officer, Focusing On The Investigation Of Farm Animal Disease And Production Problems By Post Mortem Examination, Laboratory Testing And Field Investigation. He Has A Special Interest In Ruminant Health And Welfare, And Farm Animal Disease Surveillance. He Was President Of The British Cattle Veterinary Association In 2002 / 2003.He Is Currently Working As An Independent Veterinary Consultant, Is An Honorary Veterinary Surgeon To The British Goat Society And Chairman Of The Goat Veter