Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (Hard Cover), 3e - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0702027898 ISBN 13: 9780702027895

Publisher: Saunders Ltd., 2006

Synopsis

Perfect for confirming definitions, researching specific topics, and checking spelling, this dictionary is an indispensable compilation of reliable and authoritative information, featuring over 1,000 new entries. No veterinary student or practitioner should be without this extensively updated new edition, written by veterinarians for veterinarians.

• Includes over 65,000 main and sub-entries to provide the most comprehensive collection of terms.
• Complete coverage of all large and small animals, including exotic animals, prepare the reader for any patient.
• Features specialist entries compiled by 18 expert consultants.
• Extensive appendices on clinical and laboratory data plus revision of the appendices provide thorough coverage of important information.
• Includes definitions of all major poisonous substances for quick reference in an emergency.

• More than 400 full-color illustrations.
• Extensively updated with over 1,000 new entries.
• New terms in growth areas like genetics, toxicology, virology, molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology and therapeutics keep the reader informed.
• Expansion of the Complementary & Alternative Medicine entries and inclusion of new Animal Welfare specialty give the reader the most current information on new and expanding topics.

About this title

About the Author

Douglas C. Blood, OBE, BVSc, FACVSc, HonLD, (Sask), HonARCVS, HonDVSc, HonLLD (Guelph), Emeritus Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Australia; Virginia P. Studdert, BS, DVM, HonDVSc, Emeritus Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and Clive C. Gay, DVM, MVSc, FACVSc, Professor, Agricultural Animal Medicine/Director, Field Disease Investigation Unit, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: Saunders Ltd.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702027898
• ISBN 13: 9780702027895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 2172
• Editor: Blood OBE BVSc MVSc Hon LLD Hon DVSc HonAssocRCVS FACVSc Douglas C., Studdert BSc DVM Hon DVSc Virginia P., Gay DVM MVSc Hon DVSc FACVSc Hon Diplomate ACVIM Clive C.