Description
Master proven techniques for the handling and restraint of common animals! Providing clear guidelines to each procedure, Animal Restraint for Veterinary Professionals, 3rd Edition includes photos showing the exact steps needed to achieve safe restraint of animals seen in the veterinary clinic and visited on farm calls. Separate chapters are devoted to each domestic animal species, including cats, dogs, cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, rodents, ferrets, and birds. This edition adds descriptions of new restraint techniques for cats, dogs, and other species. Written by expert veterinary technician instructors C.C. Sheldon, and James A. Topel, this practical guide also includes a chapter on knot tying! Key features include: – Step-by-step guidelines make it easy to understand safe, commonly used restraint procedures, and include alternative restraint techniques for several different species; – more than 500 high quality color images and a clear, non-technical writing style depict and simplify animal restraint concepts; – comprehensive coverage includes normal and abnormal animal behavior characteristics, precautions, special handling, restraint devices, and descriptions of special restraint techniques for medical procedures such as venipuncture; – learning objectives, and key terms are added to the beginning of each chapter. 255 p.
- C.C. Sheldon. DVM, MS. Retired Instructor, Veterinary Technician Program, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI (USA).
- James A. Topel. CVT. Instructor, Instructor, Veterinary Technician Program, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2023-06.
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