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Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook - E-Book

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Based on NAVTA-approved guidelines, Elsevier’s Veterinary Assisting Textbook by Margi Sirois offers comprehensive coverage of the knowledge and skills you need for a successful career in veterinary assisting. You’ll learn about the role of the veterinary assistant and how to perform key responsibilities of the job, including assisting the veterinary technician and the veterinarian by restraining animals, setting up equipment and supplies, cleaning and maintaining practice and laboratory facilities, and feeding and exercising patients. Targeted coverage addresses only those topics that are relevant to veterinary assisting. Authoritative content covers everything you need to know to pass the Approved Veterinary Assistant (AVA) exam and succeed in clinical practice. Authors and contributors are leading experts in veterinary medicine, veterinary technology, and veterinary assisting. Full-color format features a wealth of illustrations and photographs that clarify key concepts and enhance learning.

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Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology - E-Book

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Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology - E-Book

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Prepare for veterinary technician credentialing examinations and clinical practice with Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, 4th Edition. Reorganized and updated with the latest advances in the field, this comprehensive text helps you develop strong critical thinking and independent work skills. It includes expanded coverage of complementary medicine, critical care, pet health insurance, and toxicology. More than 80 step-by-step procedures throughout the text emphasize your roles and responsibilities for all AVMA-required psychomotor techniques. Plus, dozens of summary tables and boxes make it easy to find key information. - Updated companion site with varying questions provide you with additional modes of study. - Step-by-step procedures help you learn the essential skills required to become a successful veterinary technician. - Summary tables and boxes condense key information to make complex material easier to understand. - Clinical discussion of the role of the technician allows you to focus on your responsibilities in every aspect of practice. - NEW! Expanded coverage of complementary medicine, critical care, pet health insurance, and toxicology reflect advances in veterinary technology. - NEW! Review questions throughout text help you to understand and retain core concepts.

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Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine - E-Book

Principles and Procedures

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Principles and Procedures

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Learn the veterinary technician's role in the care of exotic pets and animals used in biomedical research! Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine: Principles and Procedures, 3rd Edition helps you gain the knowledge and skills needed to ensure animal health and well-being. It covers animal husbandry, restraint and handling, and diseases, and provides guidelines to key clinical procedures such as blood collection, medication administration, anesthesia, and diagnostic imaging. Research-related information addresses the ethical concerns of exotic pet ownership, as well as the benefits and humane use of animals in research. Written by noted veterinary technology educator Margi Sirois, this text is a must-have resource for all caretakers of lab animals. - Comprehensive coverage prepares you to work with all types of animals by addressing a wide variety of species including rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, nonhuman primates, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds, farm animals, and cats and dogs; it also covers topics such as animal species, the laboratory setting, regulatory guidelines, and ethical considerations. - Consistent organization of each species chapter makes it easy to quickly identify similarities and differences among various laboratory animals. - Current information on legal, moral, and ethical issues includes legal requirements, the protocols guiding lab animal use, animal exploitation, and animal rights. - Discussion of specific uses for each species in biomedical research provides a perspective that helps you explain the benefits of animal use in providing high-quality research data. - Technician Notes highlight important points and provide helpful tips to improve your knowledge and skills. - Learning objectives, key points, and chapter review questions make studying easier. - NEW! Comprehensive coverage of poultry includes the increasingly popular backyard chickens, as well as commonly performed procedures and in-depth information on housing, restraint, nutrition, common diseases, diagnostics, and therapeutics. - NEW photographs show the latest technology available in laboratory and exotic animal medicine.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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Mosby's Veterinary PDQ - E-Book

Veterinary Facts at Hand

By: Margi Sirois

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Veterinary Facts at Hand

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- NEW! Current drug information covers the newest pharmacologic agents, ensuring that you are up to date with uses, adverse side effects, and dosage forms. - NEW! Information on dental imaging and breathing circuits keeps you up to date on the latest techniques and equipment. - NEW! Coverage of the latest testing kits keeps you up-to-date on available products. - UPDATED! Information on anesthesia monitoring provides the most up-to-date information on this important topic. - NEW! Updated images prepare you to perform routine procedures.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323510248

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Laboratory Manual for Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians - E-Book

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Laboratory Manual for Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians - E-Book

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Reinforce the essential information you need with the Laboratory Manual for Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, 6th Edition. Each unit corresponds to a unit in the textbook, with various exercises and test questions that help you focus on key concepts and skills for the veterinary clinic setting. Fill-in-the-blank exercises, lab exercises, crossword puzzles, word searches, photo quizzes, lab forms, specimen pictures, and review questions all help to clarify more challenging concepts.

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Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook - E-Book

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Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook - E-Book

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Master the role and responsibilities of the veterinary assistant! From respected veterinary educator Margi Sirois, Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook, 3rd Edition covers everything you need to know to pass the Approved Veterinary Assistant (AVA) exam and succeed in clinical practice. With this comprehensive textbook students will learn to assist in laboratory and radiographic procedures, properly restrain animals, set up equipment and supplies, clean and maintain practice facilities, feed and exercise patients, collect samples, handle and dispense medications, groom patients, and record keeping. Updated content reflects the latest advances in veterinary assisting procedures, and new images illustrate key tasks. - Comprehensive coverage provides details on the tasks performed by veterinary assistants, and covers everything you need to know to pass the Approved Veterinary Assistant (AVA) exam and succeed in clinical practice. - Step-by-step instructions and hundreds of full-color photographs show veterinary assisting tasks and clarify key concepts. - Information on office procedures and client relations prepares you to be involved in many of the business aspects of veterinary practice and to work closely with management staff. - Coverage of the workflow in a veterinary practice helps you understand your role as well as the roles of all the other members of the veterinary health care team. - Critical Concept boxes highlight important points and provide useful tips to improve your knowledge and skills. - A student workbook provides activities to help you apply concepts to veterinary practice, including definitions of key terms, review questions, crossword puzzles, illustration labeling, sample cases, and clinical applications. Available separately. - NEW! Completely updated content throughout reflects the latest advances in veterinary assisting procedures for improved patient service. - NEW! Fear-free handling coverage now included in Chapter 6: Animal Behavior and Restraint. - NEW! Poultry Care section added to Chapter 13: Large Animal Nursing and Husbandry. - NEW and UPDATED! Additional and revised images throughout accurately illustrate key veterinary assisting tasks.

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0323683630

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Workbook for Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology

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Workbook for Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology

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Master the content from your textbook with this helpful study tool! Corresponding to the chapters in Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, 3rd Edition, this workbook helps you understand and apply material with exercises, games, review questions, and more. - Learning activities include definitions of key terms, comprehension exercises (short essays), matching questions, photo quizzes, completion questions (fill-in-the-blank), multiple-choice questions, case presentations, clinical applications, word searches, and crosswords puzzles. - Chapter objectives match those in the textbook to help you focus on important concepts and understand how the material applies to the veterinary clinic setting.

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0323291627

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Mosby's Veterinary PDQ - E-Book

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Mosby's Veterinary PDQ - E-Book

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NEW step-by-step procedures include blood collection and injection techniques. NEW drug information covers the newest pharmacologic agents, ensuring you are up to date with uses, adverse side effects, and dosage forms. Coverage of NEW test kits describes the newest testing products available. Increased coverage of capnography and monitoring of patients under anesthesia provides information on these key topics. Added photos of cells and urine sediment show urinalysis and fecal examinations, which are both routinely performed.

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0323241603

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9780323241601

Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians E-Book

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Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians E-Book

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**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Veterinary Nursing & Technology** Ensure you're at your clinical best! Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, 7th Edition covers the broad spectrum of laboratory procedures that veterinary technicians need to perform effectively in the practice setting. Comprehensive content presents the fundamentals of microbiology, hematology, urinalysis, immunology, and cytology, along with the laboratory procedures used to perform the most widely used tests such as complete blood count, urinalysis, and immunologic assays. This thoroughly updated edition includes an expanded Quality Control and Record Keeping chapter along with the latest advances in veterinary clinical procedures to prepare you for real-life laboratory work. - Comprehensive coverage gives you a solid foundation in the fundamentals of microbiology, hematology, urinalysis, immunology, and cytology, along with the laboratory procedures used to perform related tests. - Provides the latest information needed to successfully perform a broad spectrum of laboratory tests, including complete blood count, urinalysis, and immunologic assays. - Step-by-step procedure boxes offer quick access to the skills you must perform during your educational program, as well as procedures that are commonly performed by vet techs in private practice. - A comprehensive glossary of terms at the end of the text offers accurate, concise definitions. - Vet Tech Threads provide you with introductions, suggested readings, boxed technician notes, learning objectives, chapter outlines, key terms, and a glossary for easy navigation through chapters and more focused learning. - NEW! Completely updated content throughout reflects the latest advances in veterinary clinical laboratory procedures for improved patient service and higher practice revenue. - NEW! Thoroughly updated and expanded Quality Control and Record Keeping chapter ensures you have the most current information in this vital area. - UPDATED! Immunology section includes the latest information in this fast-growing veterinary technology area.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323595030

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9780323595032

Workbook for Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook - E-Book

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Workbook for Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook - E-Book

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- NEW! Updated activities and questions reflect the new content in Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook, 3rd Edition.

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0323681646

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Mosby's Veterinary PDQ

Veterinary Facts at Hand

By: Margi Sirois

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Mosby's Veterinary PDQ

Veterinary Facts at Hand

By: Margi Sirois

Enter every examining room with confidence! Mosby's Veterinary PDQ, 3rd Edition is the pocket-sized reference that provides you with quick access to hundreds of veterinary medicine facts, formulas, lab values, and procedures. Ideal for the clinical setting, coverage includes key topics such as pharmacology, math, animal care, common diseases, diagnostic procedures, imaging techniques, parasite identification, urinalysis, blood tests, and other lab work. This full-color new edition is divided into 10 easy-to-use sections, to help you quickly find what you need to deliver safe and efficient veterinary care. Valuable formulas, conversions, and lab values make it easy to look up the data needed to deliver safe and effective veterinary care. Full-color photos and line drawings illustrate procedures and tests, dental and surgical instruments, parasites, and urine and blood analysis. Quick-access format is organized into 10 tabbed, color-coded sections, and makes it easy to find facts quickly. Easily fits in the busy vet tech's pocket, for ease of access and formatted to find facts quickly. Easy-to-read charts and tables provide quick access to key information that you'll commonly use but rarely memorize. Spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat or keep it open to a page for quick reference. NEW! Current drug information covers the newest pharmacologic agents, ensuring that you are up to date with uses, adverse side effects, and dosage forms. NEW! Information on dental imaging and breathing circuits keeps you up to date on the latest techniques and equipment. NEW! Coverage of the latest testing kits keeps you up-to-date on available products. UPDATED! Information on anesthesia monitoring provides the most up-to-date information on this important topic. NEW! Updated images prepare you to perform routine procedures.

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Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Textbook

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0323749666

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9780323749664

Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Exam Review

By: Margi Sirois,Elsevier

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Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Exam Review

By: Margi Sirois,Elsevier

Prepare for success on your Veterinary Assisting exam with a comprehensive review! Elsevier's Veterinary Assisting Exam Review is the only review book for Veterinary Assistants. An illustrated, outline format makes it easier to review veterinary assisting topics such as laboratory, examination room, office, and hospital procedures; surgical preparation; pharmacology; imaging; and client relations. Written by experienced veterinary technician educator Margi Sirois, this review also includes an Evolve website with nearly 1,000 exam questions and customizable practice tests. - UNIQUE! The only review book on the market for Veterinary Assistants! - Convenient, easy-to-follow outline format provides comprehensive coverage of key veterinary assisting concepts and topics. - High-quality illustrations and clinical photos show equipment, animal care, and procedures. - Coverage of animal nursing includes small, large, and exotic animals, as well as avian care. - Nearly 1,000 questions are provided on the Evolve website, and allow you to select and answer questions in specific categories in Practice mode or to generate credentialing exam-style tests in Exam mode. - Combination of questions, answers, and detailed rationales ensures that you fully comprehend the type of information being asked and why a specific answer choice is best.

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0323696309

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Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology - E-Book

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Mosby's Veterinary PDQ - E-Book

Veterinary Facts at Hand

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Laboratory Manual for Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians - E-Book

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Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine

Principles and Procedures

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Principles and Procedures

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Learn the veterinary technician's role in the care of exotic pets and animals used in biomedical research! Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine: Principles and Procedures, 3rd Edition helps you gain the knowledge and skills needed to ensure animal health and well-being. It covers animal husbandry, restraint and handling, and diseases, and provides guidelines to key clinical procedures such as blood collection, medication administration, anesthesia, and diagnostic imaging. Research-related information addresses the ethical concerns of exotic pet ownership, as well as the benefits and humane use of animals in research. Written by noted veterinary technology educator Margi Sirois, this text is a must-have resource for all caretakers of lab animals. Comprehensive coverage prepares you to work with all types of animals by addressing a wide variety of species including rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, nonhuman primates, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds, farm animals, and cats and dogs; it also covers topics such as animal species, the laboratory setting, regulatory guidelines, and ethical considerations. Consistent organization of each species chapter makes it easy to quickly identify similarities and differences among various laboratory animals. Current information on legal, moral, and ethical issues includes legal requirements, the protocols guiding lab animal use, animal exploitation, and animal rights. Discussion of specific uses for each species in biomedical research provides a perspective that helps you explain the benefits of animal use in providing high-quality research data. Technician Notes highlight important points and provide helpful tips to improve your knowledge and skills. Learning objectives, key points, and chapter review questions make studying easier. NEW! Comprehensive coverage of poultry includes the increasingly popular backyard chickens, as well as commonly performed procedures and in-depth information on housing, restraint, nutrition, common diseases, diagnostics, and therapeutics. NEW photographs show the latest technology available in laboratory and exotic animal medicine.

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Laboratory Animal and Exotic Pet Medicine - E-Book

Principles and Procedures

By: Margi Sirois

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Handbook of Radiographic Positioning for Veterinary Technicians

By: Margi Sirois,Elaine Anthony

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Handbook of Radiographic Positioning for Veterinary Technicians

By: Margi Sirois,Elaine Anthony

The Handbook of Radiographic Positioning for Veterinary Technicians is specifically designed for use as an aid in learning radiographic positioning techniques and as a practical guide for everyday use in the small animal clinic. This concise handbook presents a systematic approach to the positioning of canine, feline, and exotic animal patients for routine and special radiographic procedures. The primary focus is on providing visual aids of animals in position for radiographic procedures. The resulting radiograph produced is included for each radiographic position. A diagram of anatomical landmarks used in determining correct positioning is also included. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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1435426037

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