McCurnin’s Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians (9th Edition) – eBook

Dive deep into the multifaceted world of veterinary technology with McCurnin’s Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 9th Edition. This comprehensive resource addresses the care of small and large animals, birds, reptiles, and small mammals, all while introducing a fresh theme of zoonoses woven into each chapter. You will explore the impact of various diseases on hosts, their modes of transmission, and effective treatment strategies. Additionally, case presentations offer practical, real-life scenarios to enhance your critical thinking and decision-making abilities.

• Content on fluid therapy and transfusion medicine keeps you current and prepared for success in practice.
• NEW! Chapter on Veterinary Oncology contains fundamental information on veterinary cancers and current therapies.
• Vet Tech Threads design emphasizes important study points and ensures you understand the content introduced to you.
• Case presentations provide you with real-life scenarios so you can practice your critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Introduction to the concept of the Technician Practice Model ensures that excellent nursing care is provided to each patient.
• A chapter dedicated to birds, reptiles, and small mammals keeps you up-to-date with care and treatment for these increasingly popular pets.
• Comprehensive chapters on pharmacology, pain management, restraint, and veterinary oncology offer a broader understanding of the responsibilities of a technician.
• Step-by-step instructions and photographs show you how to perform dozens of procedures, and make information readily accessible in emergency and clinical situations.
• Thorough coverage of electrocardiography included in the Emergency Nursing chapter to teach you how to interpret, and how to examine and differentiate, normal from abnormal and dangerous from non-dangerous.
• Evolve site with TEACH instructor resources, an image collection, and a test bank accompanies the text, and provides instructors with everything they need to successfully teach each chapter and evaluate students’ progress.
• Large animal care is integrated throughout the book with medical records, dentistry, physical examination, surgical instrumentation, surgical assistance, emergency care, and euthanasia, in addition to the individual Large Animal Medical Nsing chapter, to prepare you to care for large animals.

• NEW! Toxicology chapter provides an overview of toxic substances and treatments while helping you understand how to recognize, assess, and manage poison concerns.
• NEW! The theme of zoonotics is threaded throughout each chapter and emphasized appropriately to increase your understanding of how each disease affects the host, how it is spread, how it is treated, and the necessary safety precautions.
• NEW! A 2017 winner of the William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award (“McGuffey”) from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA). The “McGuffey” recognizes textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time.

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