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• 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.

• 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.

Average Customer Rating:

Great condition and delivered fast!	Customer Rating:
The edition they sent was the correct one and it was received in 5 days. Great job!

Great Condition	Customer Rating:
The book came to me in the best condition that I could have hoped for and I was very happy with the service that I recieved in relation to it.

Great reference	Customer Rating:
I bought this book for my husband, who is a vet tech. He uses it for a reference and is constantly looking something up. I'm surprised that there are used copies, because he would never give his up. It was well worth the money I spent. Saving Tampa

good book but too wordy-too big	Customer Rating:
Title says is all. Good book. It was a requirement for my college class. Way too big of a book. Should have been broken down smaller.

A Must Have	Customer Rating:
For those who are studying in the Vet Tech field, to those who are just brushing up on info. Very detailed, easy to read textbook.