• Prepare for veterinary technician credentialing examinations and clinical practice with Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, 4th Edition. Reorganized and updated with the latest advances in the field, this comprehensive text helps you develop strong critical thinking and independent work skills. It includes expanded coverage of complementary medicine, critical care, pet health insurance, and toxicology. More than 80 step-by-step procedures throughout the text emphasize your roles and responsibilities for all AVMA-required psychomotor techniques. Plus, dozens of summary tables and boxes make it easy to find key information.


    New to this Edition

    • NEW! Expanded coverage of complementary medicine, critical care, pet health insurance, and toxicology reflect advances in veterinary technology.
    • NEW! Review questions throughout text help you to understand and retain core concepts.


    Key Features

    • Updated companion site with varying questions provide you with additional modes of study.
    • Step-by-step procedures help you learn the essential skills required to become a successful veterinary technician.
    • Summary tables and boxes condense key information to make complex material easier to understand.
    • Clinical discussion of the role of the technician allows you to focus on your responsibilities in every aspect of practice.
  • Part One: Foundations of Veterinary Practice

    1. Overview of Veterinary Technology
    2. Ethical, Legal, and Safety Issues in Veterinary Medicine
    3. Practice Management
    4. Effective Communication in Veterinary Practice
    5. Medical Terminology

    Part Two: Veterinary Diagnostics

    6. Diagnostic Imaging
    7. Hematology and Hemostasis
    8. Clinical Chemistry and Serology
    9. Microbiology, Cytology, and Urinalysis
    10. Parasitology

    Part Three: Veterinary Therapeutics

    11. Pharmacology and Pharmacy
    12. Pathology, Response to Disease, and Preventive Medicine
    13. Management of Wounds, Fractures, and Other Injuries
    14. Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Anesthetic Nursing
    15. Principles of Surgical Nursing
    16. Fluid Therapy and Blood Transfusion
    17. Emergency and Critical Care
    18. Dentistry
    19. Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, and Complementary Medicine

    Part Four: Animal Care and Husbandry

    20. Animal Behavior
    21. Physical Restraint
    22. Patient History and Physical Examination
    23. Nutrition
    24. Nursing Care of Dogs and Cats
    25. Nursing Care of Horses
    26. Nursing Care of Food Animals, Camelids, and Ratites
    27. Nursing Care of Companion Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians
    28. Nursing Care of Orphaned and Injured Wild Animals
    29. Nursing Care of Laboratory Animals

    Glossary

  • Margi Sirois, EdD, MS, RVT, LAT, Wright Career College, Overland Park, Kansas, USA

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