Practical Manual on Veterinary Clinical Practices - I

The Practical manual of "Veterinary Clinical Practices-I" gives an overview of clinical applications and scientific approaches that are required during the treatment and management of different types of animals presented at the Veterinary Clinical Complex/Veterinary hospitals. This book will also be helpful for the budding veterinarian as well as veterinary practitioners in field conditions. Scientific informations provided in the book is very much useful as it contains nearly all the activity performed at the Veterinary hospitals/clinics, such as history taking, handling of different types of large and small animals, recording and examination of different body parameters of animals before the treatment, collection of different biological samples, care of patients, how to provide first aid, how to perform systemic examination, preparation before any surgical intervention, etc. In nutshell this book gives an overall idea about the different activities performed at Veterinary Hospital and Clinics and very much helpful for the undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as Veterinarians

Priya Ranjan Kumar Assistant Professor Dept. of Veterinary Gynaecology & Obstetrics Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, IAS RGSC-Banaras Hindu University Mirzapur-231001 (U.P.)

Vinod Kumar Assistant Professor Unit of Veterinary Clinical Complex (Surgery section) Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, IAS RGSC-Banaras Hindu University Mirzapur-231001 (U.P.)

Vivek Kumar Singh Assistant Professor Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Complex (Medicine section) Bihar Veterinary College, BASU Patna-800014 (Bihar)

Dushyant Yadav Assistant Professor Dept. of Livestock, Farm Complex (Gynaecology section) Bihar Veterinary College, BASU Patna-800014 (Bihar) 

• Orientation and Understanding the Working of Veterinary Clinics ........... 1
• Veterinary Hospital Set-up .............................................................. 5
• Administration and Workforce Management of a Veterinary Hospital ......... 11
• Doctor-client Interaction ................................................................ 17
• Orientation to Local Language or Dialector Local Terminology of the Diseases ....... 21
• Registration and Filling up Registration Cards ......................... 25
• Recording of Case History from Animal’s Owners (History taking/Anamnesis) ....... 31
• Handling and Restraining of Cattle and Buffalo ...................... 35
• Handling and Restraining of Horses ........................................... 45
• Handling and Restraining of Sheep and Goat ........................... 49
• Handling and Restraining of Dog ................................................ 53
• Handling and Restraining of Cat ................................................. 59
• Handling and Restraining of Pig .................................................. 63
• Handling and Restraining of Camel ............................................ 67
• Handling and Restraining of Rabbit ............................................ 71
• Handling and Restraining of Rat and Mice ............................... 75
• Recording of Body Temperature in Various Animal Species ...... 77
• Recording of Respiration Rate in Various Animal Species ...... 81
• Recording of Pulse Rate in Various Animal Species ................. 85
• Recording of Motility of Digestive System of Animals ............. 89
• Familiarisation and Practice of First Aid Procedures in Animals........ 93
• Practice of Collection, Labelling, Packaging and Storage of Blood Samples ...... 99
• Practice of Collection, Labelling, Packaging and Storage of Urine Samples .......105
• Practice of Collection, Labelling, Packaging and Storage of Milk Samples..........113
• Practice of Collection, Labelling, Packaging and Storage of Faecal Samples .......117
• Pctctice of Collection, Labelling, Packaging and Storage of Skin Scrapping Samples ......121
• Preparation and Sterilization of Surgical Packs and Drapers..................125
• Sterilization of Surgical Instruments .........................................135
• Sterilization of Operation Theatre .............................................141
• Familiarisation with Antiseptic Dressing Techniques ............145
• Familiarisation with Bandaging Techniques ............................149