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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 book aims at providing an updated overview on the most frequent pathogens responsible for Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC), viruses and bacteria, acting in association and mainly potentiating their anatomical and functional effects and worsening the clinical outcome and economic impact. The authors, prestigious and rewarded experts with a wide experience in respiratory diseases in pigs, have focused their efforts on preparing chapters that illustrate the latest information and data on the treated topics, while making them as readable as possible. The book inspires to facilitate comprehension and educational enrichment to the preparation of a well-designed, practical approach.
Porcine enzootic pneumonia is a chronic respiratory disease responsible for high morbidity rates and great economic losses. This book attempts to update, condense and simplify a large amount of available information about it, including a high number of graphic contents to provide the veterinary surgeon with a handy tool to fully understand, treat, control and prevent this disease.
This book, focused on the most remarkable facts linked to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and related diseases, places special emphasis on aspects connected with immunity, diagnosis and proper use of vaccines, which have brought about a revolution in the subclinical control of PCV2 since mid/late 2000s due to their great efficacy.
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.
Diagnostic imaging is a key component in the care of companion animal patients. In recent decades the available imaging modalities have expanded from conventional radiography to include ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, and all are employed on a daily basis in both general and specialty veterinary practice.
