The Illustrated Veterinary Guide 2nd Edition by Chris C. Pinney is a ultimate pet care and emergency first-aid guide. Ensure a long, healthy life for your pet with the advice packed into The Illustrated Veterinary Guide, Second Edition, by Chris C. Pinney, DVM. This encyclopedic guide covers everything you need to care for both common and exotic small animal pets, from proper housing and daily nurturing to emergency medicine. It even covers pets many people won't take to a vet, such as rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils and reptiles. If you learn only one thing from the book that avoids a costly veterinarian visit, the Guide will have paid for itself many times over!
This new edition covers:
This new edition covers:
- 10 steps for reducing the cost of owning a pet.
- Alternate therapies, homeopathic care and natural remedies, and emergency first-aid.
- New treatments for canine and feline heart worm, arthritis management, and flea control.
- Pet nutrition.
- Breeding.
- Much more!
The information provided by Pinney is all sound veterinary data, and the appendix on first aid for dogs and cats is excellent. But don't underestimate the value of the illustrations. An illustration of ringworm on a cat face is worth a thousand words when it comes to assessing if that's what your cat has, and mimicking the drawing of how to hold a pet snake is worlds easier than trying to apply written instructions to a restive boa. Some illustrations, such as the one of a cat in a thicket to illustrate feline nocturnal predatory habits, provide more eye candy than useful data. But there's no replacement for a picture of where to cut a bird's talon, how to restrain a lizard, or what a dog with impacted anal sacs looks like when it's scooting. If you like animals and want all your veterinary info in one place, Pinney's guide is a great one-volume resource.
Book Details
Book Details
- Paperback: 934 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 2nd edition (March 23, 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071351868
- ISBN-13: 978-0071351867
- Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
- List Price: $29.95