Organized by body system, this resource provides coverage of the structure and function of the cells, tissues, and organs of a range of domestic animal species. Bridging the gap between the physiology and the gross anatomy of organisms, it also explores discoveries made in the areas of molecular biology and cytogenetics.

1. Histotechniques 2. The Cell 3. The Epithelium 4. Glands 5. Connective Tissue 6. Cartilage and Bone 7. Blood and Hemopoiesis 8. Muscle 9. Nervous Tissue 10. Circulatory System 11. Respiratory System 12. Immune System 13. Integument 14. Digestive System I, Oral Cavity and Alimentary Canal 15. Digestive System II, Glands 16. Urinary System 17. Endocrine System 18. Female Reproductive System 19. Male Reproductive System 20. Special Senses

"Before this book there was only one real Veterinary Histology text, and that was Bacha and Bacha, a great book with lots of pictures, but zero textual content, nothing to explain the 'Why?' of Histology. Samuelson's book is a totally different story. There are hundreds of histology pictures, macroscopic images, E.M. pictures, giving you the big picture right down to the tiny little details. And if that wasn't good enough, the text explains histology!!! I find histology so difficult to understand, but Samuelson's book explains all of those odd terms you hear in lectures but can't remember. My only gripe is that there isn't a Picture Index, to let you reference a particular picture, and the part of the book covering the liver is smaller than I would like, but when you consider that other Histo texts are just pages of pictures with no useful information this is a huge leap forward. I still have my copy of Bacha and Bacha Histology, but it's going to be getting very dusty on the shelf with my other redundant books."--- 3rd Year Veterinary Medicine student, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK "d104books of veterinary histology are rare and the textbook of Don A. Samuelson fulfils this obvious lack. It is a good book. It is richly illustrated by high quality colour photographs which are of great help to the students for interpretation of the histological slides. The text is clearly written and well linked to the illustrations giving the reader a strong introduction to the different structures analysed. The content is appropriate to our study program... there is no doubt that it constitutes a very good book and it will be recommended to the students as a reference textbook. In addition, I have proposed that some copies are purchased by the library."--- Ph. van den Bosch, Universit? catholique de Louvain, Institut des Sciences de la Vie