Large Animal Internal Medicine 6th Edition

Your Definitive Guide to Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th Edition

This book is the first veterinary internal medicine text to use a problem-based approach, providing you with a systematic method for the diagnosis of diseases in horses, cattle, sheep, and goats. Selected as a Doody’s Core Titles® 2024, this edition is your one-stop resource for understanding the latest information on preventing and treating disease in large animals, from over 150 clinical signs and manifestations to comprehensive coverage of laboratory and diagnostic testing.

Key Features

• Problem-Based Approach: Discussions of over 150 clinical signs or manifestations of disease provide you with a problem-based approach to diagnosis based on what you’ve observed and what laboratory tests reveal.
• Quick Reference Boxes: "Causes of Presenting Signs" and "Causes of Abnormal Laboratory Values" boxes offer quick access to information, helping you to make a more accurate diagnosis.
• Global Perspective: The book includes coverage of global conditions of importance, including those that exist in Europe, Central and South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Updated Content: Thoroughly revised and updated content includes new vaccines and vaccination protocols, and the most current laboratories for DNA, genetic, and PCR testing.
• New Chapters: New chapters on emerging and re-emerging diseases, epigenetics and metagenomics, and a table of zoonoses obtained from large animals.
• Videos: New videos demonstrate how to perform ultrasound imaging on an equine and cow abdomen, clearly showing where to position the probe.
• Genetic Disorders: New coverage of genetic disorders helps you to treat these disorders.
• Expert Authorship: More than 200 expert authors contribute information in their areas of expertise for the most current, authoritative information on each topic.
• Enhanced eBook: A new companion website provides a versatile digital resource, including bonus content, useful references, and videos.