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This easy-to-use resource provides the most current information on practical veterinary medicine. Offering a fresh perspective on many diseases and disorders, it allows for quick and easy access to various subjects. Content is presented in a concise, outline format and covers a wide range of topics including Cardiovascular, Neurology, Reproduction, Dermatology, Diseases of the Ear and Eye, Nutrition, Environment, and a whole lot more!

• Information is presented in an accessible and concise manner.
• Nineteen distinct sections and a logical outline format make finding information easier.
• Each disorder includes: definition, cause(s), pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and patient monitoring.
• Features appendices on normal values, apothecary measures and equivalents, recommended vaccination procedures, and a drug formulary cross-referenced to the chapters of discussion.
• Discusses surgical treatments and briefly reviews surgical techniques.
• The drug formulary is expanded and easy to use.
• A bibliography of selected readings is included.

Spanish version of 3rd edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-351-8
Customer Review: A tough choice to make
The right answer to the dumb question "If you could buy only 1 book . . .?" should be "I wouldnýt be a vet!" Choosing a comprehensive Small Animal Practice book, however, comes to only 2 alternatives: either Birchard & Sherdingýs or Morganýs. I am not considering excellent Internal Medicine texts (like Ettinger or Nelson & Couto) because, by design, they leave out important areas of the practice. Which one would you choose, then? I have a slight preference for Birchard & Sherdingýs (which could be influenced by the fact that I worked in the same school as them for 20 years!). Morganýs outline format occasionally is too restrictive and prevents full explanation of important concepts but it is a great text and a few chapters (like the one on Central Nervous System) are truly exceptional. Each text has its own chracteristics and strongest areas but both are outstanding. What do you do then? Do as I did; buy both! It is a bit more expensive but you will be sure that you have the very best that has been written in small animal practice. I have had no reason to repent.
Customer Review: This is the Bible for the S.A. clinician
To make a long story short, if somebody tells me that I have to pick just ONE book to run a small animal practice, I would pick this one. This book discuss 95% of the clinical cases you will find in real life and it's written in such a way, that you find the answer you need in a couple of minutes.


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