Another bad aspect is the searching option in the digital format of the book. Such a large book must be made with a hardback cover for easier manipulations. Our thoughts on how this book could have been a lot better are regarding the softback cover. It can be used by every veterinary team in need of a quick glance at up-to-date practice entries, as well as by veterinary students. This time the publisher provided pronunciation of the key terms and over 1000 full-color illustrations. The 4th edition of SCVD offers more than 60.000 entries and sub-entries and represents one of the most comprehensive dictionaries in the field of veterinary books. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 4e 4th Edition It’s available in hardcover printed version and digital e-book.Īt some vet schools the textbook is mandatory for classes so we can easily say that it is primarily intended for vets-to-be, but equally useful for anyone lacking basic information about mammal anatomy. It weighs 5.2 pounds and the dimensions are 1.5x9x11.2 inches. The Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy published in 2009 has 864 full-color pages. The digital e-book is badly formatted with some diagrams missing and some not aligned properly. The part about the muscular-skeletal system lack few components (ex. Since the book covers basic anatomy aspects of more than one species, it won’t come in handy for professionals that want to specialize in a single one. While the essential character of the textbook is mostly used by veterinary students, it’s also useful for repeating the basics for anyone working in the field. For the first time, the publisher provided a full-color version with images of anatomic concepts and dissection procedures.
The textbook covers the main and basic aspects of veterinary anatomy for specific animal species such as cows, pigs, sheep, horses, goats, birds and of course, dogs and cats. Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy, 4e 4th Edition It’s always a good idea to have it stored in your clinic’s library for quick revision of things you might have forgotten.
VTNE STUDY MATERIALS MANUAL
The Merck’s Veterinary Manual has a stable fan base and tradition with constant updates following the professional trends in veterinary medicine. The hardcover version can be bought on Amazon. It’s available both in printed and digital format. The dimensions of MVM are 5.4×2.7×8.5 inches and it weighs 3.6 pounds. Maybe that’s because the manual carries over 3000 pages of information, but the breakable aspect is a thing that keeps bothering the buyers. The pages are so thin and transparent that you can almost see through them. Most complaints about the 11th edition of MVM are regarding the fragile and thin pages. The newest edition offers a better glimpse at aquaculture topics, zoonoses, and public health, backyard poultry, etc.
The book has a two-column format, colorful imaging, and many comparative tables. The MVM manual covers all diseases of every domestic species all over the world. It’s a great supporting handbook for every veterinarian that works both with companion and farm animals. No veterinary book review can pass without The Merck’s Veterinary Manual. After many satisfied customers over the years the publisher keeps on updating the content of the manual. The 11th edition of probably one of the most famous veterinary books in the world was released in the middle of 2016.