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Small Animal Internal Medicine, Third Edition

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This is really good book for all veterinary medicine students even if english is not their mother language. I like the way how this book is written. There are also many tables and boxes so you can find important information really quickly. I'm really happy that I bought this book.

I just graduated veterinary school, and the internists refer to Ettinger as their Bible. Sure, it may be true that Ettinger is more complete than Nelson - after all, it's two volumes compared to one. However, in the real world, Nelson & Couto is FAR more clinically useful than Ettinger.

Nelson reads exactly like Fossum's surgery textbook. It lays out every disease process by system, and then introduces them, describes them, and informs on how best to treat the disease. It focuses on useful details that will help you in clinics. It doesn't go into too much extraneous information that would just make it harder to read (like Ettinger).

If you want research detail, get Ettinger. If you want a useful book in clinics or practice, get Nelson & Couto.

As a veterinary student, I have found myself using this book on a weekly basis. If you are looking for a quick overview of specific diseases or a complete description of diseases you are learning for the first time, this book is an excellent resource to have in your collection. Every practicing veterinarian should have this text in their library collection.

I'm a veterinary and even though this book wasn't on my school's book list, I took the advice of a veterinarian that I worked with and bought this book. It is so good! It has a little bit more information than my professor;s notes, but nothing crazy. If you are a vet student I would for sure recommend this book even if it isn't on your school's book list. It's written very simply and isn't "wordy" as many of the texts can be. There are lots of diagrams and pictures to help out. I love this book!

Simple, clear explanations, plenty of pictures and tables. Useful quick reference for every day use. Probably not quite as detailed as Kirk or Ettinger but does not have the complications of multiple volumes (Ettinger's rule is that the page you need is always in the other volume!)

This book got me through my internal medicine final exam in a way that Ettinger never would. What's more, it got me through my first year in small animal practice as well. Ettinger is fine if you want to look up details on obscure diseases, but like other reviewers have already written, I agree that this is the book you need for the real world. It's user friendly, easy to read, and with great illustrations. After a few years in small animal practice you might want to get Ettinger as well, but start out with this one. You won't regret it. The neurology section could've been more comprehensive, though.

small animal internal medicine by Nelson and Couto is an excellent book to read, given the fact that the info contain within is current, the chapter editors' are a distinguished selection of the most important research clinicians that offer the reader in a fascinating way, a concise description of small animal pathologies. Thanks for your masterpiece work!!!

I have returned to practise after a really long break. I have found this text a fantastic resource in helping me restore and build my knowledge base. It is so readable - how many texts could you imagine reading while you eat your breakfast! - with facts, opinion and local user knowledge supplemented by practical tables and diagrams. For every-day veterinary medicine I doubt that there is a better text.

I'm still majoring in veterinary medicine and this book helps me a lot. It has achieved more than my expectations, things are easier to understand, the pictures are wonderful and really helpful.
I'm really going to use its information forever.

this book is absolutely fantastic. its easy to read and seems to have everything in it. i definitely recommend it! :D