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Veterinary Treatment of Pigs
I would like to dedicate this book to Alec Dawson MRCVS who was my guide and mentor when I first returned to general practice in the UK in 1975. Although he was in his late sixties he always kept updated and was always prepared to give helpful, friendly advice.
I had only been working for him for 4 weeks when he suggested that my knowledge of pig medicine was rather limited. He showed me an advertisement for a two-day pig medicine course advertised in the Veterinary Record. I duly attended at the practice expense. That course and his knowledge were the foundation of my pig practice. I will always remember him with gratitude.
Veterinary Treatment of Pigs
Graham R. Duncanson
Westover Veterinary Centre, UK
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© G.R. Duncanson 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Duncanson, Graham R., author.
Veterinary treatment of pigs / Graham R. Duncanson.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-78064-172-0 (alk. paper)
I. C.A.B. International, issuing body. II. Title.
[DNLM: 1. Sus scrofa. 2. Swine Diseases. 3. Animal Husbandry. SF 971]
SF996.5
616.02'73--dc23
2013019853
ISBN-13: 978 1 78064 172 0
Commissioning editor: Sarah Hulbert
Editorial assistant: Alexandra Lainsbury
Production editor: Shankari Wilford
Typeset by SPi, Pondicherry, India
Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY.
Contents
3 Making a Diagnosis and Post-mortem Technique
6 Sedation, Analgesia, Anaesthesia and Euthanasia
8 Diseases of the Gastroenteric System
9 Diseases of the Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
10 Diseases of the Urino-genital System
11 Diseases of the Neurological System
15 Poisons and Causes of Sudden Death
Appendix: Veterinary Medicines
Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge the considerable help I have obtained from reading two excellent textbooks while I was writing this book: Pig Diseases (8th edition) by D.J. Taylor (ISBN 0 9506932 7 8) and Handbook of Pig Medicine by Peter G.G. Jackson and Peter D. Cockcroft (ISBN 978 0 7020 2828 1). They have helped considerably to triangulate all the information.
I would also like to thank my editor Sarah Hulbert who has been a constant source of advice and encouragement.
Finally I would like to thank all my colleagues who have helped me with the pictures, particularly my daughter for all her patience on our numerous travels in search of information.