Diseases of the Goat, 4th Edition, is a revised and updated edition of the popular tool for veterinarians featuring of all aspects of goat medicine from initial assessment and examination to diagnosis, treatment, and control of conditions. This highly practical, concise handbook is designed for frequent reference, and is suitable for all those treating and keeping goats. * Provides information on to predators, euthanasia, post-mortem technique, and fracture repair * Includes expanded coverage of a number of topics to appeal to a wider and more international audience especially in relation to poisonous plants * Incorporates the impact of new developments in goat diseases, such as the geographical spread of exotic diseases into new regions
Contents
The Book in a Nutshell
Prologue
Chapter 1: Corporate Reporting Then and Now: A Century of “Progress”
Chapter 2: And You Thought Earnings Are the Bottom Line
Part I: Matter of Fact
Chapter 3: The Widening Chasm Between Financial Information and Stock Prices
Chapter 4: Worse Than At First Sight
Chapter 5: Investors’ Fault or Accountants’?
Chapter 6: Finally, for the Still Unconvinced
Chapter 7: The Meaning of It All
Part II: Why The Relevance Lost?
Chapter 8: The Rise of Intangibles and Fall of Accounting
Chapter 9: Accounting: Facts or Fiction?
Chapter 10: Sins of Omission and Commission
Part III: So What’s To Be Done?
Chapter 11: What Really Matters to Investors (and Managers)
Chapter 12: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 1—Media and Entertainment
Chapter 13: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 2—Property and Casualty Insurance
Chapter 14: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 3—Pharmaceutics and Biotech
Chapter 15: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 4—Oil and Gas Companies
Practical Matters
Chapter 16: Implementation
Chapter 17: So, What to Do With Accounting? A Reform Agenda
Chapter 18: Investors’ Operating Instructions
Epilogue
0: Sins of Omission and Commission
Part III: So What’s To Be Done?
Chapter 11: What Really Matters to Investors (and Managers)
Chapter 12: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 1—Media and Entertainment
Chapter 13: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 2—Property and Casualty Insurance
Chapter 14: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 3—Pharmaceutics and Biotech
Chapter 15: Strategic Resources & Consequences Report: Case No. 4—Oil and Gas Companies
Practical Matters
Chapter 16: Implementation
Chapter 17: So, What to Do With Accounting? A Reform Agenda
Chapter 18: Investors’ Operating Instructions
Epilogue
