Manual of clinical procedures in the dog, cat, and rabbit

This book is intended as a textbook for veterinary students as well as practitioners in small animal practice or laboratory animal care facilities. There are 31 chapters dealing with the restraint, blood collection, injection techniques, placement and care of intravenous catheters, fine needle aspiration biopsy, ear and eye care, anal sac expression and cannulation, biopsies, gastric lavage, centesis, urohydropropulsion, semen collection and artificial insemination, cerebrospinal fluid collection and many other routinely performed clinical procedures. Each procedure is described in a step by step fashion stating purpose, equipment needed, specific action and possible complications. Rationale for each step is also separately explained. Multiple line drawings are included to demonstrate pertinent anatomical relationships and operational motions. There is a subject index..