Mosby's comprehensive review for veterinary technicians / Monica M. Tighe, RVT, BA, MEd and Marg Brown, RVT, BEd, Ad, ED.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tighe, Monica M., editor.

Brown, Marg, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal health technology.

Physical Description:

xi, 783 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Other Title:

Comprehensive review for veterinary technicians

Place of Publication:

St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2025]

Summary:

Whether you're a new vet tech student or reviewing for the certification exam, Mosby's Comprehensive Review for Veterinary Technicians, 4th Edition is the ideal review tool to help you master critical concepts and pass the VTNE. Now in full color, this edition features a user-friendly outline format that helps break down information visually. Coverage reinforces key concepts in basic and clinical sciences, clinical applications, patient management and nutrition, anesthesia and pharmacology, medical and surgical nursing, and critical care, plus new information on pain management. To ensure the most meaningful review, the Evolve site features a study mode that includes 500 review questions and an exam mode that offers a computer-based testing environment similar to what you will encounter when taking the VTNE. New to this edition: NEW! Chapter on pain management and updated and expanded chapter discussions provide the information needed to pass the VTNE. NEW! Companion Evolve website contains a practice exam that simulates the computer-based VTNE testing environment. NEW! Full-color format features vivid color photos to support comprehension and recognition of essential concepts including histology, hematology, diagnostic microbiology and mycology, virology, urinalysis, and parasitology.

Contents:

pt. I: Anatomy and veterinary diagnostics. Animal anatomy and physiology

Urinalysis and hematology

Parasitology

Clinical chemistry

Cytology

Diagnostic microbiology and mycology

Radiography

Alternative imaging technology: ultrasound and other imaging modalities

pt. II: Patient management. Immunology and virology

Sanitation, sterilization, and disinfection

Companion animal behavior

Restraint and handling

Small animal nutrition

Large animal nutrition and feeding

Genetics, theriogenology, and neonatal care

Laboratory animal medicine

Exotic animal medicine

Zoonoses

pt. III: Veterinary therapeutics. Pharmacology

Pharmaceutical calculations

Anesthesia

Pain management

Surgical principles

Small animal nursing and procedures

Equine nursing and surgery

Ruminant, South American camelid, and swine nursing, surgery, and anesthesia

Emergency medicine

Veterinary dentistry

pt. IV: Professional management. Personal, practice, and professional management skills and ethics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0443110239

9780443110238

OCLC:

1409613966

Publisher Number:

90100579883

Access Restriction:

Library Edition: student online access information removed.