Field Manual for Small Animal Medicine offers anyone working in resource-limited environments a practical resource for delivering veterinary care outside the traditional hospital or clinic setting.
Offers the only comprehensive resource for best practices when practicing veterinary medicine in resource-limited environments
Integrates practical and cost-effective protocols where the ideal solution may not be available
Presents information on vital topics such as operating a field spay/neuter clinic, emergency sheltering, sanitation and surgical asepsis, preventive care practices, zoonotic diseases, and euthanasia
Serves as a quick reference guide for common surgical procedures, cytology interpretation, anesthesia and treatment protocols, and drug dosing
Chapter 1: Introduction to working in the field
Chapter 2. Stray dog population management
Chapter 3: Community engagement and education
Chapter 4: Humane canine handling, capture, and transportation
Chapter 5: Operating a field spay/neuter clinic
Chapter 6: General anesthesia and analgesia
Chapter 7: Regional anesthesia and local blocks
Chapter 8: Non-surgical fertility control
Chapter 9: Spay/neuter surgical techniques
Chapter 9.1: Orchiectomy and ovariohysterectomy – midline approach
Chapter 9.2: Ovariohysterectomy – flank approach
Chapter 10: Ancillary surgical procedures
Chapter 11: Sanitation and surgical asepsis
Chapter 12: Euthanasia in veterinary field projects
Chapter 13: Treatment protocols for commonly observed medical conditions
Chapter 14: Diagnostic techniques
Chapter 15: Emergency medicine and procedures
Chapter 16: Wellness and preventive care
Chapter 17: Prevention considerations for common zoonotic diseases
Chapter 18: Emergency animal sheltering
Chapter 19: Program monitoring and evaluation
Chapter 20: Formulary
Katherine Polak, DVM, MPH, MS, DACVPM, is the Head of Stray Animal Care – Southeast Asia at Four Paws International in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ann Therese Kommedal, DVM, is a veterinarian at AniCura Dyresykehus Stavanger in Stavanger, Norway.
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