Goat Medicine [Hardcover]

Mary C. Smith (Author), David M. Sherman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0812114787 | ISBN-13: 978-0812114782 | Edition: 1

Ideal for any practitioner concerned with promoting the health and productivity of commercial herds, this book constitutes a single complete source for current information on medical and behavioral problems, presenting signs, relevant diseases, drug therapies with precise dosages, management "pearls" and alternative approaches to care.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The text is well organized and thoroughly researched and referenced.. . . this book is highly recommended for small ruminant practitioners as well as for anyone who works with goats" (American Veterinary Medical Association, 15 June 2010)

"The second edition of Goat Medicine is the enhanced and updated version of the original, invaluable resource. The text is well organized and thoroughly researched and referenced. Special effort was made by the authors to address goat health issues relative to tropical and subtropical climates. This, as well as inclusion of extensive information on foreign animal diseases, makes this text an extremely useful global reference. The authors’ personal experiences, combined with results of a thorough search of the veterinary literature, have resulted in the most comprehensive references on goats currently available. This book is highly recommended for small ruminant practitioners as well as for anyone who works with goats." (JAVMA, June 2010)

"This much-needed second edition is of the highest quality. There is an increasing interest in goats in North America, and, worldwide, goats are of great economic and social importance. This book will be used by goat practitioners and others as the bible for goat medicine." (Doody's, March 2010)

"This textbook presents a great deal of scholarly information." (The Veterinary Record, February 2010)

 

From the Back Cover

Ideal for any practitioner concerned with promoting the health and productivity of commercial herds, this book constitutes a single complete source for current information on medical and behavioral problems, presenting signs, relevant diseases, drug therapies with precise dosages, management "pearls" and alternative approaches to care.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 620 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (January 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812114787
• ISBN-13: 978-0812114782
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #523,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Medical Books > Veterinary Medicine > Food Animals

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference and learning Tool, February 10, 2002

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Stella Bardley (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Medicine (Hardcover)

Goat Medicine is a MUST for folks who have goats and want to understand and learn about goat health and diseases. Don't run your veterinarian off! but this book can help the owner/manager recognize symptons, understand prevention and work out reasonable treatments...treatments that work into an already too busy day. Yes, there is theory.... Great if you like to understand and run ideas through your own head. skip that part, if it doesn't make sense, and go onto more basics-- prevention, control, treatment.

If my 75 animals aren't 100%, this is the first book I open. And the book stays on my truck seat, kitchen table, bedside until some questions are answered. There are many books with basic goat care. If that is what you want, fine. If you want to dig a little deeper, understand goat health and learn more about your animals, then THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!! Well worth the money..just by saving/helping one animal.
P.S. Exceptional for international goat health..if that's your thing.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent review of the field, October 27, 2001

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chris weathersbee (Corinth, Vermont United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Medicine (Hardcover)

This book is a very thorough review of the literature on goat medicine. Its bibliographies alone are worth its price. The work seems primarily intended for veterinary students, researchers, and veterinarians willing to consult the literature (Dr. Smith is on the Cornell University veterinary faculty). It isn't intended as a cookbook of treatments and will disappoint if consulted in this way. But if one needs a basic understanding of any aspect of goat medicine, this is where to start reading. The authors provide coherent, thoroughly referenced overviews of each topic that provide frameworks for evaluating individual research papers. Anyone caring for significant numbers of goats, even if not a scientist or academic, should regard this as a necessary textbook of her vocation. She should at least absorb the overviews, even if she does not consult the references. We look after 250 goats and could not navigate without this book. I only wish a new edition would be published, to take in work done during the last seven or eight years.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For veterinarians, this book doesn't offer practical help., February 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Goat Medicine (Hardcover)

If you are a goat enthusiast, this book is a great overview of Goat Medicine. If you are a Veterinarian, you can broaden your knowledge base by learning all of the details. But if you are expecting any kind of practice assistance, you will be disappointed. Basically I feel this book does a great job discussing everything in the world that could go wrong with a goat, but not a lot of help in solving the problems. For goat raisers/breeders/enthusiasts this is a good find; for practicing veterinarians who are after practical guidance, this is not the greatest.