Farm animal anesthesia : cattle, small ruminants, camelids, and pigs / edited by HuiChu Lin and Paul Walz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, HuiChu, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Lin, HuiChu, 1958- editor.

Walz, Paul, 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal anesthesia.

Pain in animals--Treatment.

Pain in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Farm Animal Anesthesia: Cattle, Small Ruminants, Camelids, and Pigs presents practical guidance on using anesthetic and analgesic drugs to prevent pain caused by surgery or disease. This cohesive resource offers complete coverage of anesthetics and anesthetic techniques in farm animals with a focus on practical applications. Providing thorough information on pain management and residues, the book also covers specific techniques for common surgical procedures and considerations for animals with pathophysiological conditions. The book includes chapters on preanesthetic consider

Contents:

Preanesthetic considerations / HuiChu Lin

Commonly used preanesthetics / HuiChu Lin

Standing sedation and chemical restraint / HuiChu Lin

Injectable anesthetics and field anesthesia / HuiChu Lin

Inhalation anesthesia / HuiChu Lin

Perioperative monitoring and management of complications / HuiChu Lin

Local and regional anesthetic techniques / Misty A. Edmondson

Anesthetic management of special procedures / Paul Walz and Benjamin Newcomer

Pain management for farm animals / HuiChu Lin

Fluid therapy / Paul Walz

Regulation and legal considerations of anesthetics and analgesics used in food producing animals / Thomas Passler

Euthanasia of farm animals / Thomas Passler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-47437-6

1-118-88670-4

1-118-47436-8

OCLC:

876513025