Main description:

Comparative Veterinary Anatomy: A Clinical Approach describes the comprehensive, clinical application of anatomy for veterinarians, veterinary students, allied health professionals and undergraduate students majoring in biology and zoology. The book covers the applied anatomy of dogs, cats, horses, cows and other farm animals, with a short section on avian/exotics, with a focus on specific clinical anatomical topics. The work improves the understanding of basic veterinary anatomy by making it relevant in the context of common clinical problems. This book will serve as a single-source reference on the application of important anatomical structures in a clinical setting.

Students, practitioners and specialists will find this information easy-to-use and well-illustrated, thus presenting an accurate representation of essential anatomical structures that relates to real-life clinical situations in veterinary medicine.

Contents:

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION 1. Clinical Anatomy Nomenclature

SECTION II: DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING 2. Introduction to Imaging Modalities

SECTION III: CANINE AND FELINE CLINICAL CASES 3. Axial Skeleton: Head, Neck, and Vertebral Column 4. Thorax: Helen Davies 5. Abdomen 6. Pelvic Organs 7. Thoracic Limb 8. Pelvic Limb 9. Integument and Mammary Gland

SECTION IV: EQUINE CLINICAL CASES 10. Axial Skeleton: Head, Neck, and Vertebral Column 11. Thorax 12. Abdomen 13. Pelvic Organs 14. Thoracic Limb 15. Pelvic Limb 16. Integument and Mammary Gland

SECTION V: FARM ANIMAL CLINICAL CASES 17. Axial Skeleton: Head, Neck, and Vertebral Column: Andre Desrochers 18. Thorax 19. Abdomen 20. Pelvic Organ 21. Thoracic Limb 22. Pelvic Limb 23. Integument and Mammary Gland/Udder

SECTION VI: AVIAN CLINICAL CASES 24. Adaptations to Flight 25. Head and Neck 26. Thoraco-abdominal Cavity 27. Thoracic and Pelvic Limb 28. Integument/Feathers

SECTION VII: APPENDICES

SECTION VII: INDEX