• ISBN13: 9781780640037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Veterinary
• Publisher: CABI
• Publisher Imprint: CABI
• Publication Date: January 1, 2012
• Pages: 344
• Original Price: GBP 101.45
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 908 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Agriculture / Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal

Sheep and goats are farmed worldwide for meat, milk, skins and wool. This diverse range of uses means that many people rely on these animals as a source of income, food and warm clothing, though they can also be kept as pets. With an accessible structure designed for use in the field, this book provides a general veterinary guide to treating common conditions in these animals.

It addresses veterinary medicines and their uses, on-site surgery, equipment, normal values and vital signs, vaccination, nutrition, dental treatment, poisoning and dermatology. Worldwide disease conditions are also covered in detail, with a particular focus on the welfare of the animal and economic reality.

Duncanson, Graham R.: - Graham R. Duncanson is a farmer's son who qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1966 at Bristol University. He spent eight years working in Kenya before returning to the UK, and has been a general practitioner in Norfolk ever since. He is a passionate traveller and has taught and worked throughout the world. He has completed a doctorate on an investigation of the difficulties faced by practitioner researchers in publication, and is a regular writer in veterinary journals and other publications. He is currently an Equine and Farm Animal Practitioner at Westover Veterinary Centre, UK.