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The new 10th edition of this well-respected reference includes thoroughly revised and reviewed information with content on new diseases for the most up-to-date information on diseases effecting sheep, pigs, goats, horses, and cattle. Divided into two sections, General Medicine and Special Medicine, the book covers topics ranging from the clinical examination and manifestation of disease in organ systems to specific diseases of the large animal species.Includes important information essential to any large-animal veterinarian, especially those working with horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, or goats.User-friendly format allows the reader to quickly absorb key information.Quick review/synopsis sections for complex diseases make important information easy to find.Features content on major diseases of all countries, including foreign animal and emerging diseases.Completely revised chapters reflect the information from current literature.New chapters address diseases associated with prions and identify important emerging diseases.A new main author who is a recognized authority on internal medicine of ruminant species with extensive clinical experience and scientific publications brings his expertise to this important reference.Includes content from contributing authors who are international authorities on pig diseases, toxicological disease in animals, and diseases associated with artropod parasites.Several new illustrations and sonograms provide up-to-date visual aids for better understanding.
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VETERINARY MEDICINE A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats For Elsevier: Commissioning Editor: Joyce Rodenhuis Development Editor: Rita Demetriou-Swanwick Project Manager: Elouise Ball Designer: Andy Chapman Illustration Manager: Gillian Richards Illustrator: Oxford Illustrations VETERINARY I IN E textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats A TENTH EDITION o. M. Radostits C.C.Gay K. W. Hinchcliff P. D. Constable l [ I �, i With contributions by S. H. Done D. E. Jacobs B. O. Ikede R. A. McKenzie D. Colwell I G. Osweiler I R. J. Bildfell SAUNDERS K I ELSEVIER Edinburgh London New York Oxford Philadelphia St Louis Sydney Toronto DR. OTTO M. RADOSTITS, August 31, 193A - December 15, 2006. Senior author 5th to 7th editions. Lead author 8th to 10th editions. Otto Martin Radostits died after a difficult but courageous battle student friendly features. It also continued its significance as a,refer with renal carcinoma and it is sad that he died a few days before ence book including the available information on all the diseases of the release of the first printing of this 10th edition. His passing large animals, a truly formidable task. Otto did a large part of the marked the end of his remarkable career as an educator in large work and would surely have been very proud of this new edition. animal veterinary medicine. Through his writings, not the least In the writing of these and his other texts Otto read the veteri this text, Otto had a profound influence on students and practic nary literature and was a firm believer in evidenced-based medi ing veterinarians throughout the world. cine. He insisted that all statements in these texts were supported Otto was raised on a small mixed farm in Alberta, Canada; the by references in the literature and he maintained the format of a eldest son of Austrian immigrants. His early farm experiences and very large bibliography at th