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There is a need to publicize the syndromes occurring in veterinary personnel due to work-related stress. Vets are apathetic or leaving the profession.
This practical book thoroughly reviews the current knowledge on salmonellosis in swine, and discusses the difficulty to control Salmonella spp. from a global perspective. It provides information about the actions that can be taken in order to reduce its incidence, with an emphasis on risk factors from feed manufacturing to carcass processing.
This book deals with pain in companion animals and how it affects their welfare, health and, of course, behaviour. It describes the difficulties encountered, throughout history, to finally reach the conclusion that animals and humans share the same neurophy- siological mechanisms to feel pain, and what their sensitive pathways are. It then goes deeper into the changes that pain can cause in the behaviour of dogs and cats and the tools available to the veterinary surgeon to control it.
This innovative book presents the fundamental aspects of basic immunology and the most important dog and cat infectious diseases in an illustrated and educational way. The accuracy of the contents, together with the detailed illustrations, will help the veterinarian to consolidate his or her knowledge on this subject. Also, the extensive teaching experience of the authors gives the piece a didactic and simple tone when treating this complex discipline.
This second edition extends its initial aim of assisting general veterinary practitioners in radiographic interpretation and pathological diagnosis by adding to the content of the first edition a chapter on the principles of radiology and a complete atlas of radiographic positioning and anatomy. It includes 400 new images and updates previous graphic material content to further increase its quality. In addition, the book is complemented by new multimedia material, which can be accessed through QR codes located throughout the text. In this way, the reader can access different normal radiographic anatomy diagrams, both with and without the anatomical details identified.
