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Professional responsibility, “good practice and malpractice” in obstetrics is one of the major areas of medical-legal litigation.
This book provides new insight into feline ultrasound in daily practice. From cranial to caudal, the feline species has been thoroughly scanned, detailing for each body region the scanning technique, as well as the ultrasonography of both the normal and the diseased organ. In each chapter, key points highlight feline species' special features and help the reader focus on the most important. Several short ultrasound clips are also available in the electronic version of the book, increasing, even more, the interest of this book: an up-to-date text and several references to the latest studies.
Technical book on avian inspection, written by an experienced author in this topic, which tackles the most important findings noticed during broiler meat inspection at abattoirs. After starting with an introduction about poultry inspection, the book describes the most significant conditions (pathologies, rejections due to poor processing, offal for human consumption) found during broiler inspection. Each chapter is divided in three parts clearly differentiated: definition, origin, and responsibilities arising for veterinarian/ inspector. A chapter entirely dedicated to animal welfare is included within this book. It is focused on the major aspects to be considered by veterinarian/inspector under compliance with current legislation.
This atlas provides an up-to-date review of avian coccidiosis: its aetiology, epidemiology, clinical signs, etc. Special emphasis has been placed on the diagnosis and control of coccidiosis on poultry farms, with information about the techniques designed to detect coccidia and the current vaccination programmes.
Growing investments in healthcare do not necessarily produce corresponding improvements in the perceived health of their recipients, whether individual patients or society as a whole. Sometimes, even the opposite is true: growing investments in healthcare lead to lower benefits perceived by patients. How to quantify the health regained by patients? How to measure what for does it really matter to them, when physical health is not fully recoverable? How to help physician and administrators in identifying the correct objectives and improvements? What scientific instruments can estimate the prospect of patient and society in the allocation of limited resources?
