Main description:

--- EMS (extra-mural studies) are an essential element of undergraduate veterinary education. Students must complete a minimum of 38 weeks EMS during their course, which should normally consist of 12 weeks pre-clinical and 26 weeks of clinical placements, a large portion of which takes place on farms.

-- The highly illustrated approach allows readers to see the highlighted differences rather than try to imagine what cases look like and differentiate them from written descriptions.

-- A repository of over 1000 10-second video clips accompanies the book, accessible to students on the farm with a smart phone. Each clip uniqeuly shows the animal's clinical presentation, internal disease/imaging and then healthy recovery

-- There are a limited number of common conditions seen by vets in farm animal practice and an exhaustive list of all known diseases is not needed: textbooks often include such diseases for the benefit of an academic reviewer rather than student and general practitioner readers.

-- This concise guide offers a breath of fresh air among the existing hefty expensive large animal medicine tomes on the market.

--- Some comments from veterinary students on the proposal: "I firmly believe that this would be a very useful book and only wish that it existed already for my clinical EMS"; "There are currently several 'pocket books' for small animal medicine such as the Mini Vet guide but nothing for farm animals"; "Using a small animal 'quick', ring-bound, reference guide on EMS has been extremely useful, and it would be very beneficial to have a large animal alternative"; "The author's suggested use of high quality illustrations is what a student desperately needs. At the end of the day we need to be able to work out many diseases with similar symptoms - this book would provide that where may other current textbooks do not. I would support this new book, and hope it is released before I go into exams in the future - as it is what I currently need help within revision like so many other students. It is what the veterinary student dreams of having, and yet no one has produced it!"

Contents:

Introduction

PART 1 Veterinary Involvement on Farms

Chapter 1.1 Flock Inspection

Chapter 1.2 General examination: Toxaemia

Chapter 1.3 Pain and Fear

Chapter 1.4 Promoting veterinary services by demonstrating a benefit:cost

Chapter 1.5 Identification of acute disease in cattle

Chapter 1.6 Identification of chronic illness in cattle

PART 2 Examination of Organ Systems

Chapter 2.1 Examination of the Reproductive System

Chapter 2.2 Examination of the Digestive System

Chapter 2.3 Examination of the Respiratory System

Chapter 2.4 Examination of the Cardiovascular System

Chapter 2.5 Examination of the Nervous System

Chapter 2.6 Examination of the Musculoskeletal System

Chapter 2.7 Examination of the Urinary System

Chapter 2.8 Examination of the Skin/Fleece

Chapter 2.9 Examination of the Udder

PART 3 Clinical Problems

Chapter 3.1 Blindness

Chapter 3.2 Behavioural changes

Chapter 3.3 Weakness - spinal lesions

Chapter 3.4 Common causes of diarrhoea

Chapter 3.5 Common causes of poor appetite and low body condition

Chapter 3.6 Common causes of increased abdominal content

Chapter 3.7 Common causes of abortion in sheep

Chapter 3.8 Common causes of dystocia

Chapter 3.9 Common causes of tenesmus and prolapse

Chapter 3.10 Lameness

Chapter 3.11 Skeletal system/fractures

Chapter 3.12 Common causes of muscle lesions

Chapter 3.13 Common causes of peripheral oedema, jugular distension and ascites

Chapter 3.14 Veterinary investigation of perinatal mortality

Chapter 3.15 Poor growth rate

Chapter 3.16 Poor conception/pregnancy rate in sheep

Chapter 3.17 Common causes of tachypnoea and/or coughing

Chapter 3.18 Common causes of changes in scrotal size

Chapter 3.19 Common causes of skin lesions

Chapter 3.20 Common causes of facial/mandibular swellings in cattle

Chapter 3.21 Common causes of subcutaneous swellings in cattle

Chapter 3.22 Common causes of sudden death

Chapter 3.23 Udder lesions in cattle

Chapter 3.24 Common causes of mastitis in sheep

Chapter 3.25 Common causes of abnormal urination in sheep

Chapter 3.26 Common conditions of the penis in rams

Chapter 3.27 Common causes of weakness/recumbency

Chapter 3.28 Common causes of chronic weight loss/emaciation