Mosby’s Veterinary PDQ has come out with its second edition. This little book is perfect as a go-to guide as well as a quick reference on many topics of Veterinary Medicine. Topics that are covered include: Pharmacology math, Animal care, Procedures, Dentistry, Surgery and Anesthetic Nursing, Urinalysis, Hematology and Serology, Parasitology, Microbiology and Cytology. Each chapter is color coded with small tabs to make searching for information quick and easy. This tiny little book is jam packed with beautiful colored pictures. I was very impressed with the Procedures chapter. This chapter alone demonstrated to be worth the purchase of this book and visual learners will love this book. Pictures in the procedure chapter show how to give injections, how to take blood samples, peritoneal lavage, CPR, jugular catheter placement, and much more. Topics that are covered are very carefully laid out. Almost everything that is described in the chapters has at least one picture if not more with charts and or tables to follow.
Throughout the book there are numerous charts and lists of normal values. At the end of the book there is a small chapter that has normal values however it is missing quite a lot of reference ranges although for what is lacking in the charts is easily located throughout each chapter. I would like to have seen maybe a few blank pages within the book for use in as a space to jot down extra information, or maybe a pocket on the page to slip in a small piece of paper that I could write on however this is only one small negative compared to all the positives about this book.
Don’t let the size of this book stop you from buying it. Once you open it you will be pleasantly surprised at the wealth of knowledge it contains. I would highly recommend it to every Veterinary Technician student to have in their pocket when they are in class, and to have as a study guide. I would also recommend this to the Veterinary students and to have in the clinics library.
Publisher: Elsevier, 2014, 302 pages, soft cover
ISBN: 978-0-323-24066-6
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