Offers comprehensive coverage of various species, from cats and dogs through to exotics, equine, and birds. This book looks at the care and treatment required for animals, both pets and wildlife, and presents clinical cases using a variety of potential situations the veterinary nurse might encounter.

Contents: FOREWORD Roger Eddy MRCVS Chairman of the Veterinary Nursing Committee PREFACE Victoria Aspinall Chapter One: Human Animal Interaction: the place of the companion animal in society - Andi Godfrey Chapter Two: The Equine Industry - Anne Rogers Chapter Three: Legislation and the Veterinary Nurse - Suzanne May Chapter Four: Canine and Feline Anatomy and Physiology - Sue Dallas Chapter Five: Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Exotic Species - Victoria Aspinall Chapter Six: Equine Anatomy and Physiology - Catherine Phillips Chapter Seven: Animal Housing - Trish Scorer Chapter Eight: Stables and Design Management - Trish Scorer Chapter Nine: Animal Grooming - Juliet Whatley Chapter Ten: Canine and Feline Nutrition - Alison Jones Chapter Eleven: Clinical Nutrition - Alison Jones Chapter Twelve: Equine Nutrition - Corinna Pippard Chapter Thirteen: Behaviour and Handling of the Dog and Cat - Jane Williams Chapter Fourteen: Equine Behaviour and Handling - Nicola Ackerman Chapter Fifteen: Restraint, Handling and Administration of Medicines to Exotic Species - Sharon Reid Chapter Sixteen: Introduction to Genetics - Dorothy Stables Chapter Seventeen: Practical Animal Handling - Dorothy Stables and Gareth Lawler Chapter Eighteen: Essentials of Patient Care - Jessica Maugham Chapter Nineteen: Fundamental Pharmacology - Sally Bowden Chapter Twenty: First Aid - Wendy Miller-Smith Chapter Twenty One: Prevention of Spread of the Infectious Diseases - Helen Dingle and Amanda Rock Chapter Twenty Two: Common Medical Conditions of the Body Systems - Paula Hotston-Moore Chapter Twenty Three: Principles of Surgical Nursing - Julie Ouston Chapter Twenty Four: Theatre Practice - Emma Brooks Chapter Twenty Five: High Dependency Nursing - Clare Cave Chapter Twenty Six: Dentistry - Cecilia Gorrel Chapter Twenty Seven: Principles of Anaesthesia and Analgesia - Michael Stevenson Chapter Twenty Eight: Equine Anaesthesia - Anja Walker Chapter Twenty Nine: Parasitology - Maggie Fisher Chapter Thirty: Microbiology - Helen Moreton Chapter Thirty One: Laboratory Diagnostic Aids - Lorraine Allen Chapter Thirty Two: Principles of Diagnostic Imaging - Suzanne Easton Chapter Thirty Three: Management and Care of Exotic Species - Beverly Shingleton and Sarah Cottingham Chapter Thirty Four: Management and Care of Injured Wildlife - Louise Brockbank Appendix One: Essential Calculations - Pip Millard Appendix Two: Normal Values Index