VETERINARY NOTES FOR DOG OWNERS. Edited by Trevor Turner BVet Med, MRCVS, FRSH.

1990 1st edition paperback issue. 8vo (155 x 234mm). Ppxiv,605. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w line illustrations.

This book "provides a detailed, authoritative and easily understood text for the professional breeder and pet owner alike,... Twenty authors, all experts in their particular fields, have come together under the astute guidance of leading veterinary surgeon Trevor Turner BVetMed, MRCVS, to cover all aspects of canine health care and management." Sections include include: The new owner, the breeds; General and inherited disease - breeding, genetic and inherited disease, genetic fingerprinting; General management - development and training, canine behavioural problems; Nutrition and feeding; The organ systems - digestive system, the blood, cardiovascular system, reproductive system, urinary system, nervous system, endocrine system, skin, eye, ear, nose, locomotor system, canine immune system; Infectious diseses - introduction, viral and bacterial diseases, internal parasites of the dog; Medical and surgical - veterinary nursing, nursing and the sick dog, first aid, poisoning, notes on cancer in the dog, canine dentistry, ruptures and hernias; Miscellaneous - kennels and kennel managment, how to show your dog, veterinary certification, pet insurance in the UK, veterinary medicines and their administration, you and your vet.