This chapter describes the procedures for performing a breeding soundness evaluation for camelids, including handling, restraint, physical examination, reproductive examination of the sexual organs, semen collection, semen characteristics, cryopreservation, artificial insemination, mating...

The levels of description, measures during veterinary examination, experimental design and observational procedures, marking, sampling, recording and field studies regarding domestic animal behaviour are presented.

This book contains 17 illustrated chapters and 9 appendices that describe the handling and physical examination, anatomy and physiology, the different species, therapy, ophthalmology, infectious and non-infectious diseases, anaesthesia, surgery, endocscopy and diagnosis, hand rearing of young...

This book contains 10 illustrated chapters that describe the normal and pathological clinical parameters of cats and dogs and their diagnosis, including physical examination, blood pressure monitoring, electrocardiography, pulse oximetry, venous and arterial blood gas analysis, capnography,...

This chapter describes physical examination (PE) and point-of-care blood testing (POCT) protocols for therapeutic decision making in an emergency and critical care setting for dogs and cats. The specific point-of-care tests include packed cell volume/total protein (PCV/TP), blood glucose (BG),...

This article describes the importance of clinical signs and physical examination in the diagnosis of skin diseases in horses.

This book provides step-by-step guidance on the essential clinical skills required by veterinary students before they face clinical situations encountered in the real world of the busy veterinary professional. It has 25 chapters which is divided into nine sections, of which six are practical...

This chapter presents a full description of the basic concepts underpinning an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). The authors explain how to develop an OSCE using itemized checklists and how performance during an examination may be weighted to derive student's score. Common errors...

This chapter offers valuable practical guidelines and tips based on the author's 14 years' experience of designing and running assessments conducted in a CSC, which are known as objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE). Conducting an OSCE requires meticulous planning as once started the...

This chapter defines cattle welfare and presents indicators that will show signs of care or stress during pre-slaughter, slaughter, transport, and issues related to animal welfare during feeding, surgical operations, disease outbreaks, animal sporting events and production.