Description
This instructional pocket reference Concise Textbook of Small Animal Handling: A Practical Handbook condenses the most important aspects of small animal handling. It provides a portable, durable means of learning ‘on the ground’, as well as a convenient way to refresh on how to strive for safety and efficacy in animal handling techniques. For practical use at the animal’s side during veterinary placements in a clinic or laboratory, the text covers handler safety, animal safety, sanitation, approach and capture, routine handliing and release procedures, handling for medical procedures, use and supply of restraint equipment. Important reading for undergraduate veterinary students as well as practicing technicians, nurses and assistants, the book instructs on safe and humane handling of species encountered in both small animal practice and laboratory settings. You can hear the author discuss the topics covered in this book on his weekly podcast ‘Better Animal Handling’: https://www.betteranimalhandling.com/. 243 p.
- .C.B. Chastain. Emeritus/Adjunct Professor of Veterinary Medicine; Former Section Head of Small Animal Medicine and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (USA).
- Publication date (digital version): 2022-02.
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