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Feline Medicine: A Practical Guide for Veterinary Nurses and Technicians.
This is a topical text, given the recent Feline Advisory Bureau 'Cat-friendly practice' awards (VR, November 25, 2006, vol 159, p 727). The contents are split into nine chapters, each with illustrations and colour photographs. Each chapter contains 'key points' boxes, which help to emphasise important information in bullet point format. In addition, some chapters contain example forms that can be adapted for use in the readers' practice. The text is interesting to read from cover to cover, but the chapter structure also allows for perusal as needed.
The book opens with a chapter on feline behaviour, including some of the common behavioural problems that the veterinary nurse may encounter in practice and how these problems may be treated. With the increase in pet cat ownership, behavioural topics are a timely inclusion.
The second chapter deals with general preventative health care - parasites, vaccination, microchipping, geriatrics and dental care. Its should be noted that the vaccination section contains the current Cat Group recommendations and a n overview of the controversy surrounding vaccination and adverse vaccination reactions.
Chapter 3 focuses on nutrition. In addition to the usual calculations and dietary information, the section on obesity includes a warning about the danger of hepatic lipidosis, an all-too-common life-threatening condition that can be triggered by an overenthusiastic weight-loss programme. The chapter concludes with the nutritional requirements of ill cats and ways of tempting the sick cat to eat.
Chapter 4 is about the hospitalised cat and ways to make the stay more 'feline-friendly'. In addition to details on creating a feline ward, there is a very informative discussion on disinfection, with emphasis on the different groups and their safe usages in the ward. The cat handling/restraint and drug administration sections include c
This is a topical text, given the recent Feline Advisory Bureau 'Cat-friendly practice' awards (VR, November 25, 2006, vol 159, p 727). The contents are split into nine chapters, each with illustrations and colour photographs. Each chapter contains 'key points' boxes, which help to emphasise important information in bullet point format. In addition, some chapters contain example forms that can be adapted for use in the readers' practice. The text is interesting to read from cover to cover, but the chapter structure also allows for perusal as needed.
The book opens with a chapter on feline behaviour, including some of the common behavioural problems that the veterinary nurse may encounter in practice and how these problems may be treated. With the increase in pet cat ownership, behavioural topics are a timely inclusion.
The second chapter deals with general preventative health care - parasites, vaccination, microchipping, geriatrics and dental care. Its should be noted that the vaccination section contains the current Cat Group recommendations and a n overview of the controversy surrounding vaccination and adverse vaccination reactions.
Chapter 3 focuses on nutrition. In addition to the usual calculations and dietary information, the section on obesity includes a warning about the danger of hepatic lipidosis, an all-too-common life-threatening condition that can be triggered by an overenthusiastic weight-loss programme. The chapter concludes with the nutritional requirements of ill cats and ways of tempting the sick cat to eat.
Chapter 4 is about the hospitalised cat and ways to make the stay more 'feline-friendly'. In addition to details on creating a feline ward, there is a very informative discussion on disinfection, with emphasis on the different groups and their safe usages in the ward. The cat handling/restraint and drug administration sections include c
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This is a practical, 'hands on' guide for veterinary nurses involved in handling and nursing cats on a day to day basis. Dealing with all aspects of the cat as patient, from understanding feline behaviour to special skills required when nursing hospitalized cats, this is an essential resource for all veterinary nurses and technicians.
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Great if you have a feline beast. I'd still see a vet, however, rather than try and self diagnose. Explains in quite detail the behaviour of cats too!
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I am not a veterinary nurse or technician but I am a breeder, there is a lot of useful information on a lot of subjects; Behaviour, nutrition, nursing etc. Some of the subjects covered by the book are specific to a professional doing their job and do not relate to anything that I will be doing, however, it is easy to read and if nothing else, the other subjects will give a novice breeder an insight into what happens if a cat is hospitalised. Overall I am very pleased with my purchase, it's not a cheap book but I think it's worth the cost.
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17 Dec 2011
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This book on feline medicine is very good. Unfortunately, I won't be able to become a feline nurse or tech, even though I would dearly like to, but I found lots of information in the book that is useful for those who live with cats, or even for those who simply love cats and want to know more. The instructions for restraining cats in order to calm them so they can be treated is particularly useful--I'm thinking of all the times I've had to pill a nervous cat! The chapter on dental care was also really good. In fact, the whole book is excellent.
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