Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary (Soft Cover),   ISBN:9780702027888

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LOVE this dictionary..am studying for the VTNE and I have used this one over and over without fail...other dictionary I had..was always short of information..I have yet to be disappointed with this one. Has great pics too! Would buy again and highly recommend.

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We purchased this Veterinary Dictionary for the office staff. Everyone who has used it has found it very useful and easy to find the information they need.

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- I used to have the previous edition of this Dictionary (2nd ed., 1998) and would consult it only sporadically. Now that I purchased the 3rd edition, I usually read at least one definition per day. Call me superficial, but I find this new edition much more appealing!

- What has changed:
*Illustrations! You'll find them about once every 5 pages or so. I think the authors should have featured more illustrations/photographs, but the ones you find in the text are not gratuitous (they really give you a better understanding of the definition).
*On a lighter note, my previous edition was in Portuguese (I am a Brazilian monkey). My present one (3rd ed, 2007) is the original American English version, and I think it reads better. I can only conclude that translating dictionaries is a dangerous task.
*Superior paper quality (glossy-more suitable for viewing illustrations), pages have a prettier design.
*Anatomical charts in the appendix are more organized and looking sharper.
*New definitions (not many, though).

- I kindly disagree with the user who mentioned Stedman's Medical Dictionary as a better option. Sure, Stedman's definitions are more authoritative, but I took two definitions (namely, abscess and anemia) for comparison and don't think one would be at much loss by going with Saunders Vet Dictionary. Plus, there are many important references to veterinary species in this Dictionary (associating common diseases, breed predispositions etc.), and that is something one will not find in Stedman's.

- I like this text better than Black's Student Veterinary Dictionary (Black's Veterinary Dictionary). Black's is not a bad Dictionary, in fact many of its definitions are longer (two paragraphs or more) and really comprehensive. However, it's not nearly as complete as Saunders Vet Dictionary (sometimes I can't find very simple terms in Black's, no mention to the more specific definitions which are lacking). Also, I feel there is a tendency in Black's to emphasize large animal species, sometimes not acknowledging the very existence of small animals/zoo species/exotics/myself. The horse illustration on the cover reflects this bias very well.

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I purchased this book to use when I start Vet School. The seller was true to his/her description of the book.

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I am a vet student in Australia in my third year and this book is fantastic. Everything I have needed so far I have found in this book. It is great to get simple explainations of overwise difficult consepts and it also has great pictures for some surgical, clinical path, diagnostic signs and parasites in it which may it even better! I don't study without it close by!! Would definately recommend to other vet students or vets - because we can't remember everything - just need to know where to go to look it up!!!!