Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians Sixth Edition
by Dennis M. McCurnin, Joanna M. Bassert

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Summary of Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians Sixth Edition

• Comprehensive text covering all areas of the curriculum.
• Written specifically for technicians.
• Presents detailed information on the role of the technician in every aspect of veterinary practice.
• Features helpful pedagogical aids such as introductions, suggested readings, and boxed Technician Tips.
• CD in the back of the book contains student exercises, including crossword puzzles to help study key terms, picture-it exercises to test knowledge of key illustrations, quiz shows and hangman exercises to make self-study fun, and WebLinks.
  

• Three new chapters! Care of Geriatric Small Animal Patients, Toxicology, and Nursing Concepts in Alternative Medicine.
• Diagnostic imaging chapter includes new sections on digital radiography, computed radiography, teleradiology, PACS (picture archival computing systems), and RIS (radiology information systems).
• Emergency nursing chapter has been completely rewritten to address rapid changes in clinical knowledge in the field.
• Behavior chapter has been completely rewritten to emphasize prevention of problems and the creation of wellness programs, and to focus on behavioral needs, assessment, and client teaching.
• Birds, Reptiles, and Small Mammals chapter has a new section on behavioral considerations and includes information on feeding, diets, and care of increasingly popular pets: rats, prairie dogs, sugar gliders, and hedgehogs.
• Pain management chapter includes new information of transdermal administration of Fentanyl and epidural administration of opioids. New drugs include hydromorphone, oxymorphone, deracoxib, and meloxicam.
• Pharmacology and pharmacy chapter includes new sections on ivermectin toxicities, expiration dates and disposal of drugs, material data safety sheets, compounding, nutraceuticals, and internet pharmacy and concern about online sites.
• Zoonoses and public health chapter includes up-to-date information on Q fever (coxiellosis), tularemia, and monkey pox.

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