Veterinary Science

Veterinary medicine is concerned with animal health. A wide range of diseases and conditions occur in animals such as biliary fever epilepsy leucosis pneumonia myopia obesity subvalvular aortic stenosis hip dislocation impaction etc. Animals are also susceptible to a number of parasitic diseases such as feline zoonoses fasciolosis filariasis proliferative kidney disease whirled disease etc. Animals may be vaccinated to prevent the occurrence of many of these diseases using anthrax vaccine brucellosis vaccine rabies vaccine DA2PPC vaccine clostridium vaccine etc. Veterinarians use several diagnostic tools such as ultrasound X-ray ECG pulse oximeter etc. They also use novel therapeutic techniques to improve the health of animals. Animal drugs such as sedatives antiemetics analgesics bronchodilators antibiotics anti-inflammatory drugs corticosteroids histamine blockers etc. may be prescribed by veterinarians depending on the underlying pathology. Orthopedic surgery soft tissue surgery and neurosurgery may also be performed on an animal. They may include advanced procedures such as joint replacement transplantation complex wound management and minimally invasive procedures. This book contains some path-breaking studies in the field of veterinary science. It unravels the recent studies in the pathology and disease management in animals. It is a resource guide for experts as well as students.