Good transfer of passive immunity from sows to piglets is crucial to ensure piglet survival on pig farms. This book is intended to help veterinary practitioners work towards this goal, and includes a review of the basics of immunology and vaccination, as well as comprehensive chapters on the immunisation programmes used in sows and on the transfer of passive immunity from sows to piglets.

This book aims to increase the effectiveness of communication between the dentist and the patient, especially in the case of certain therapies that are difficult to understand or where there may be an overload of information. After a brief introduction to tooth anatomy, the main interventions in implantology, periodontics, fixed and removable prosthetics, endodontics, conservative dentistry, and surgery are described. 

A practical guide detailing surgical treatments for common injuries and diseases in cats and dogs. It covers arthrology, techniques, and procedures with detailed illustrations and videos for enhanced comprehension.

For the beginning veterinary practitioner who wants to delve deeper into trauma and orthopaedic surgery and the veterinary surgeon who is well versed in this field.

The second edition of this book focusing on diagnosis in dermatology is intended to help the veterinarian communicate with pet owners and expands on the content of the first edition with 16 new sheets. The content of the previous edition has also been reviewed and updated as applicable, based on new developments in this specialisation.

Covering neurophysiology, biomechanics, functional anatomy, joint and muscle evaluation, the Handbook of Kinesiology is a concise and exhaustive guide to understand the human movement. In particular, it provides the essential elements to evaluate the mobility of all joints and the strength of the main muscles. 

This volume clarifies the importance of training techniques and methods for those looking for a notable hypertrophic response within a body recomposition process. 

In this book Dr. Shapira explores the unique challenges of providing dental care to older adults and those with special needs. Drawing from personal experiences and a deep understanding of Geriatric Dentistry and Geriatric Medicine, this groundbreaking book highlights the importance of tailored dental treatment for the aging population. 

When, 12 years ago, Walter Devoto and Angelo Putignano started thinking of being able to somehow help the dentist in the choice of materials and in their use in repeatable and predictable techniques while respecting the individuality and abilities of single practitioners, they never thought they would reach so many dentists around the world. 

This book is designed to be a reference for both the new and experienced veterinary point-of-care sonographer. It includes tips and information nonspecialists will find helpful in assessing the pleural space and lung. It covers a step-by-step approach to performing pleural space and lung ultrasound and uses a binary question approach to allow novices and experts alike to master and grow their skills. It is accompanied by videos, which can be accessed through the eBook version or QR codes.

This visual atlas takes a trip through the digestive system, describing general concepts of its anatomy and physiology. It covers the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to common disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary tract, and pancreas. Enriched with simple yet comprehensive illustrations, it serves as a tool to facilitate communication between veterinarians and pet owners. 

The functional treatment of trauma, with regard to immobilization produced by the use of plaster casts, promotes post-traumatic recovery and facilitates the practice of preventive treatments and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. It consists of restraint systems that use partial immobilisation braces or dynamic bandages capable of both protecting the injured motor structures, thereby reducing stress on the compromised area while preserving the normal functionality of the other segments, as well as eliminating the drawbacks of inactivity. The functional bandage, a dynamic restraint offering partial immobilisation capable of supporting and stabilising the various joint components, fully meets any practical needs, particularly in the sporting world.

Atlas Of Human Anatomy Multimedial Interactive Atlas.​ Atlas of Human Anatomy in 3 Volumes. This treatise, aimed at the medical students at the start of their studies, presents the “discipline” (which is absolutely “fundamental” to a physician’s cultural and professional training) in its entirety, without gratuitous omissions and arbitrary simplifications.

This book provides a comprehensive review of in ovo techniques and treatments in poultry eggs, which are aimed at improving embryonic development and decreasing economic losses in poultry farms. The book is divided into four chapters, which address the basics of in ovo techniques and sites of in ovo injection, nutrient utilisation for the development of the chick embryo, the role of early in ovo feeding for the chick embryo, and applications of in ovo technology for various nutrients and biological supplements in poultry.

This clinical manual on thyroid gland conditions offers an update on the concepts and clinical reality of canine hypothyroidism and feline hyperthyroidism, two processes that have been the subject of much case-based reasoning.

This book describes the most common bacterial skin infections affecting cats and dogs, their clinical presentation, and aetiological agents, besides offering practical techniques and advice for their identification and management using clear images, tables, and diagrams. It also facilitates veterinary surgeons with the tools to treat resistant infections and explains the latest developments in topical and systemic treatments.

The cow’s peripartum period from a practical and dynamic point of view, explained through theoretical explanations and a huge collection of clinical cases. Normally, disorders or conditions occurring in the peripartum period are not independent events; they are the result of the interaction of several events occurring over time. The authors highlight here the importance of assessing bovine pathologies as a whole. It is the only manner for the clinician to anticipate conditions that may appear during the peripartum period.

Manual lymphatic drainage is a physiokinesitherapeutic method that offers a range of possible applications: it is designed to assist the body’s natural lymphatic drainage system, which works through the network of lymphatic capillaries, the lymphangia and the main lymphatic vessels.

This book provides real guidelines on swine biosecurity methods, and it will be useful to veterinary surgeons, teachers and advisors as well as students who will provide for tomorrow’s industry. The format is deliberate to provide the farmer and advisor with an easy reference source with quick fixes; it is more of a “how to” than a text book. Many of the pages can be used by farmers as advice sheets which can be used around the farm to provide rapid and useful information on pathogen control.

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.

Cost, treatment time and duration: these are the key questions of the patient seeking a new smile today. In this book, the StyleItaliano Team has gathered the smartest and most interesting suggestions from their followers from all over the world to answer these questions and make the most of the digital technology and modern materials available. Feasible, teachable, repeatable in perfect StyleItaliano manner! 

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Human being’s care and medicine as a science require that the knowledge and experience of the individual can be shared and enriched by comparison with many others. This is the goal of the authors – doctors belonging to different specialist fields (neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology) – who have recognized the common need to communicate their experience in the treatment of muscle hyperactivity through botulinum toxin injection, hoping that the reverberation of sharing may increase one’s own and others’ knowledge.

This useful handbook describes in detail the entire process of diagnosis, collection and sending of samples to the laboratory, the interpretation of findings, and the description of the basic laboratory techniques. It goes deeper into the knowledge of the different swine pathologies and clearly exposes the different pathologies using flow charts that will guide veterinary surgeons through the diagnostic process. At the end of each chapter there is a clinical case that completes the information offered.

This book, written by experts with a wide experience in the field, reviews, in a practical and concise manner, the emerging and reemerging diseases of swine of economic or zoonotic importance, as well as those with an impact that is still to be determined, but against which active and efficient epidemiological surveillance is necessary.

Small handbook gathering all the life cycles of the most common ectoparasites in dogs and cats. Similar parasites are grouped together based on their life cycle and, consequently, their sensitivity to parasiticides. The aim is to provide readers with key aspects of parasite control and prevention, highlighting those diseases that can be transmitted by them. Geographic distribution maps are also included.

This book is intended as a practical guide to enable small animal clinical veterinary surgeons and their teams to improve various aspects of their everyday practice: how they understand and relate to patients and clients, how they manage their work, the handling of animals during different procedures, and the implementation of programs to deal with behavioral issues. These aspects will have a highly positive impact on the well-being of the patient, the client, and the veterinary and support staff, with the implementation of smoother and more effective procedures.

Fluid therapy is one of the most widely used and necessary therapies for critically ill patients and those who are not able to hydrate and feed themselves spontaneously. 

After explaining how clinical reasoning can be applied to identify a patient’s problems, focus on the most relevant issue, and determine its causes, this book describes complex case studies from a physiological and diagnostic perspective. Readers will be asked to answer a series of questions in order to assess their knowledge and acquire the necessary skills for properly establishing a diagnosis.

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.

This practical atlas presents colposcopy in detail. It offers an innovative but extremely explanatory approach, to the benefit of space given to numerous didactic diagrams made with computer graphics and about 500 colpophotographs whose quality has received enthusiastic acclaim from the most authoritative international experts of Colposcopy. The author includes extremely clear images of squamous metaplasia’s maturation phases, dysplastic lesions, carcinoma of the cervix and rare colposcopic cases.

Twenty per cent of visits to the vet may be due to otitis and, although in general they do not represent a serious condition for the animal, they may become very insidious processes if they are not treated suitably. This work presents a selection of clinical cases to help vets to establish the proper guidelines for treatment, management and control.