Pig disease identification and diagnosis guide /

• Main Author: McOrist, Steven, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Subjects: Swine > Diseases.; Swine Diseases > Case Reports. > diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential > Case Reports.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Meat Producing Animals.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Veterinary Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology, (New March 2000); Animal Surgery and Non-drug Therapy, (New March 2000); Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, (New March 2000); Clinical aspects.; Cough.; Diagnosis.; Diagnostic techniques.; Diarrhoea.; Finishing.; Infertility.; Lameness.; Mortality.; Muscular diseases.; Nervous system diseases.; Pig farming.; Piglet diseases.; Piglets.; Reproductive disorders.; Respiratory diseases.; Skin diseases.; Stress.; Swine diseases.; Symptoms.; Therapy.; Weaning.
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• Item Description: Includes index.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : color illustrations; Also available in print format.
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This book is comprised of 11 parts covering the most common diseases in pigs. It is aimed at pig farm managers and workers, pig industry personnel, veterinarians and veterinary students. Focus is given on the clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment of the diseases covered. Topics discussed include management problems on pig farms, deaths of pigs in the nursery area, deaths of finisher and older pigs, nervous signs in pigs, baby piglet problems, diarrhoea in pigs after weaning, sneezing and nasal discharges in pigs, coughing in pigs, lameness problems in pigs, fertility problems in pigs and skin and muscle problems in pigs.