Animal Restraint for Veterinary Professionals 3rd Edition

Master Animal Restraint with Proven Techniques: A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition

This book provides clear, step-by-step guidelines for the safe handling and restraint of common animals. This practical guide includes photos showing the exact steps needed to achieve safe restraint of animals seen in the veterinary clinic and visited on farm calls. Written by expert veterinary technician instructors, this edition adds descriptions of new restraint techniques for a variety of species.

Key Features

• Step-by-Step Guidelines: Step-by-step guidelines make it easy to understand safe, commonly used restraint procedures and include alternative restraint techniques for several different species.
• Extensive Visuals: More than 500 full-color images and a clear, non-technical writing style depict and simplify animal restraint concepts.
• Comprehensive Coverage: It includes normal and abnormal animal behavior characteristics, precautions, restraint devices, and descriptions of special restraint techniques for medical procedures such as venipuncture.
• Updated Content: The "Restraint of Cats" chapter is updated to include guidelines and photos for the removal of cats from a carrier and examination in a towel. The "Restraint of Dogs" chapter is also updated to include canine head control using a towel and safe techniques for administering intramuscular injections to aggressive dogs.
• Learning Aids: New learning objectives, chapter outlines, and key terms are added to the beginning of each chapter.
• Knot Tying: A dedicated chapter presents basic types of knots that may be used to safely restrain larger animals.