Kirkbride's Diagnosis of Abortion and Neonatal Loss in Animals

4th Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-470-95852-0
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

Kirkbride's Diagnosis of Abortion and Neonatal Loss in Animals, Fourth Edition is a concise resource for determining the causes of abortion and neonatal loss in cattle, small ruminants, pigs, horses, dogs, cats, and exotic mammals. Presenting current procedures for diagnosing abortion, this classic reference has been fully updated and expanded, offering new coverage of dogs, cats, and nondomestic mammals. Published in association with the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Kirkbride's Diagnosis of Abortion and Neonatal Loss in Animals, Fourth Edition provides a valuable aid for understanding abortion and neonatal loss, with thorough coverage of possible causes.

The book begins with a general chapter on the approach to an abortion, followed by species-specific chapters. Each chapter begins by outlining the pathogenesis of abortion and neonatal loss, then moves on to special diagnostic techniques, fetal and placental anatomy and physiology, and detailed descriptions of the various causes of abortion or neonatal loss. A companion website offers the images for download at www.wiley.com/go/njaa. Kirkbride's Diagnosis of Abortion and Neonatal Loss in Animals, Fourth Edition is a useful guide for veterinary practitioners, diagnosticians, pathologists, theriogenologists, students, and technicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Njaa, Bradley L

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin: Anatomie, Physiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin: Innere Medizin, Gynäkologie & Reproduktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors

Preface

Editor's Acknowledgements

1 General Approach to Fetal and Neonatal Loss

R. Flint Taylor and Bradley L. Njaa

2 Disorders of Cattle

Mark L. Anderson

3 Disorders of Sheep and Goats

Robert B. Moeller Jr.

4 Disorders of Pigs

Michael J. Yaeger

5 Disorders of Horses

Neil M. Williams

6 Disorders of Dogs and Cats

Claus D. Buergelt

7 Disorders of Nondomestic Mammals

Bruce A. Rideout

Appendix A Gestational Age Estimation Based on

Fetal Measures and Phenotypic Characteristics

Appendix B Summary Tables of Diagnostic Tests for Infectious

Causes of Abortion and Neonatal Loss

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Bradley L. Njaa, BSc, DVM, MVSc, DACVP is Associate Professor of Pathology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.