Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary

This superb Second Edition of the indispensable veterinary dictionary includes 13,000 new entries bringing it right up to date with veterinary medicine today. For veterinary students it provides a complete professional vocabulary including all the technical and scientific words they will encounter from the first day of their course onwards. In the veterinary practice, it serves as an invaluable companion and ready source of reference for practitioners, veterinary nurses and technicians, and other members of the practice team. Five further tables have been added to the Appendices of useful laboratory and clinical information.The most comprehensive veterinary dictionary availableCovers all aspects of veterinary science including clinical practice, anatomy, physiology, pathology and therapeuticsCovers all large and small animal medicine including exoticsExtensive appendices on clinical and laboratory data, and over 90 pages of anatomical informationSpecialist entries compiled by 18 expert consultantsWritten by veterinarians for veterinarians10,000 new entriesIncludes American English spelling as well as UK English Expanded coverage in the fields of molecular biology, genetics, immunology, histology, embryology, fish health, ultrasound imaging, acupuncture, endoscopy and mycologyFive new tables: Eruption of teeth in domestic animalsCollective nouns and gender groupsConversion table of weight to body surface area for dogs Important venomous snakesMajor finfish, molluscs and crustaceans used in aquaria for consumption and in sport