Humans have a responsibility to look after the animals in their care - do you know what to look for, and what to do when your animal is sick?
This comprehensive guide covers a range of common illnesses in animals, including signs and symptoms, how to manage them, and prevention techniques as well as an alphabetical guide for some common illnesses found in a range of domestic and agricultural animals.
"For the past 10,000 years, people all over the world have domesticated animals for various purposes. Some animals such as dogs and cats were domesticated as pets to provide company to humans. Livestock animals such as cattle and sheep were kept to provide products such as meat, wool or milk, or kept as working animals. No matter what the reason, animals and humans have been connected over an extended period of time.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
Considering Animal Ethics
Widely Accepted Animal Ethics Theories
Arguments Against Animal Rights
Health And Welfare
Providing Animal Health Care
Routine Health Treatments
CHAPTER 2 - PREVENTING DISEASE AND INJURY
Health Checks And Observations
The Importance Of Good Nutrition
Watering
Exercise And Stimulation
Appropriate And Safe Environment
Controlling Pests And Diseases
Veterinary Prevention
CHAPTER 3 - UNDERSTANDING & INSPECTING HEALTH ISSUES
Pathogens
Inspecting The Health Of Animals
Signs Of Ill Health
Differential Diagnosis
CHAPTER 4 - ANIMAL FIRST AID
Types Of Wounds
Treating Wounds
Fly Control
Bone & Joint Problems
Poisoning
First Aid For Wildlife
CHAPTER 5 - SOME COMMON ILLNESSES IN ANIMALS
African Swine Fever
Allergies
Anaplasmosis
Anthrax
Aspergillosis
Arthritis
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Bacterial Infections
Bile Duct Obstruction
Bladder Stones
Blastomycosis
Bloat
Blue Tongue
Botulism
Bordetella (Respiratory Infection)
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
Brucellosis
Bvd (Bovine Viral Diarrhoea)
Camel Pox
Cancer
Cancer Eye
Candida
Canine Distemper
Cataracts
Chlamydiosis
Cholera
Chronic Murine Pneumonia (Murine Mycoplasmosis)
Coccidiosis
Colitis
Congestive Heart Failure
Conjunctivitis
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis
Cystitis
Dermatitis
Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Mellitus
Dermatophilosis
Dropsy (Fish)
E-Coli 0157
Ear Mites
Eczema
Egg Binding
Encephalitis
Enteritis
Epilepsy
Equine Encephalomyelitis
Equine Herpesvirus (EHV)
Equine Infectious Anemia Virus (EIA)
Equine Influenza
Erysipelas (Swine)
External Parasites
Feline Asthma
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Feline Leukaemia Virus (FELV)
Fibrosis
Fish Fungus
Flea Anemia
Foot And Mouth Disease
Foot Rot
Gastroenteritis
Giardia
Glaucoma
Grass Tetany
Heartworm
Heat Stress
Hip Dysplasia
Hookworm
Hendra Virus (Equine Morbillivirus Pneumonia)
Hydatid Disease
Hymenolepiasis
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Internal Parasites
Intestinal Impaction (Snakes)
Kennel Cough
Laryngitis
Legionellosis (Pneumonia or Mild Respiratory Illness)
Leptospiriosis
Leukaemia
Liverfluke (Fasciola Hepatica)
Listeriosis
Lumpy Jaw
Lyme Disease
Lymphocystits
Lymphoma
Malaria
Mange
Mastitis
Melioidosis
Metabolic Bone Disease (Reptiles)
Mouth Canker (Stomatis)
Mrsa Infection
Muscular Dystrophy
Mycotic Infection (Reptiles)
Myiasis
Necrotic Dermatitits (Scale Rot)
Newcastle Disease
Nipah Virus
Nitrate Poisoning
Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Obesity
Overgrown Teeth
Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD)
Pancreatic Disorders
Parvovirus
Pediculosis (Lice)
Peritonitis
Pneumonia
Poisoning
Polyomavirus
Pox Virus
Proventricular Dilation Disease (PDD)
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabbit Calicivirus Disease
Rabies
Rhinitis
Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
Ringworm
Scabies (Sarcoptic Mange)
Salmonellosis
Scours
Sendai Virus
Screw-Worm Fly
Streptococcal Infection
Surra
Swine Influenza (Hog Cholera)
Taeniasis
Tail And Fin Rot
Tetanus
Ticks
Toxic Plants
Toxoplasmosis
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE)
Tuberculosis
Varroa Mite
Vesicular Stomatitis
Visceral Larval Migrans
West Nile Virus (WNV)
White Spot (Ichthyophtirius Multifiliis)
Woody Tongue
APPENDIX
Distance Learning And Online Courses
E-Books By John Mason And ACS Staff
Printed Books By John Mason
Useful Contacts
ACS Global Partners
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