Beschreibung:
N. Kent Ames, DVM, MS, is a food animal clinician at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Noordsy's Food Animal Surgery, Fifth Edition is a fully updated new edition of the classic field manual on surgical techniques in cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs. Designed for easy, fast access in the field, information is presented using a concise outline style with information boxes, tables, drawings, and photographs to highlight and illustrate key points Noordsy's Food Animal Surgery is an ideal reference for veterinary students and clinicians seeing food animal patients.
Beginning with chapters on general surgical considerations, restraint, and anesthesia, the book's main focus is on step-by-step procedures for specific surgical techniques. The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to provide a current resource, with additional information on welfare, pain management, and anesthesia. Noordsy's Food Animal Surgery is an essential purchase for practitioners and students wanting to develop or refresh their surgical skills.
Noordsy's Food Animal Surgery, Fifth Edition is a fully updated new edition of the classic field manual on surgical techniques in cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs.
Preface ix
About the Companion Website xi
1 General Surgical Consideration 1
Preoperative Procedures 1
Preparing the Surgical Site 3
Postoperative Care 5
Suggested Reading 8
2 Surgical Restraint 11
General Considerations 11
Techniques That Divert the Animal's Attention 11
Methods That Prevent Kicking 12
Methods for Raising a Leg in Cattle 13
Methods for Restraining the Tail in Cattle 15
Methods for Casting Cattle 15
Other Restraints 16
Mechanical Restraint 17
Suggested Reading 18
3 Local and Regional Anesthesia 19
General Considerations for Local and Regional (Nonepidural) Anesthesia 19
Abdominal Wall Anesthesia in Cattle 19
Anesthesia of the Distal Limb Via Vascular (IV) Infusion in Cattle 24
Anesthesia of the Horn (Cornual Nerve Block) 25
Eye and Eyelid Anesthesia in Cattle 27
Teat Anesthesia in Cattle 30
Sacral and Subsacral Paravertebral Blocks 33
Suggested Reading 37
4 Epidural Anesthesia 39
Principles of Epidural Anesthesia 39
Administering Epidural Anesthesia 41
Suggested Reading 50
5 General Anesthesia and Postoperative Analgesia 51
Introduction and General Considerations 51
Selected Drugs Used for Sedation, Tranquilization, Analgesia, Anesthesia, and Muscle Relaxation 54
Inhalation Anesthesia 59
Suggested Reading 63
6 Surgery of the Head and Neck in Cattle and Goats 65
Basic Cornuectomy in Cattle 65
Cosmetic Cornuectomy in Cattle 66
Cornuectomy in Goats 67
Trephination of Frontal Sinuses in cattle 68
Dentistry in Cattle 69
Tracheotomy in cattle 70
Esophagostomy in Cattle 71
Suggested Reading 73
7 Surgical Treatment of Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Corneal Dermoids in Cattle 75
Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma 75
Corneal Dermoid Surgery 80
Surgery for Entropion 80
Suggested Reading 81
8 Hernias and Umbilical Masses 83
Introduction 83
Surgical Procedures in Cattle 84
Surgical Procedures in Pigs 92
Herniorrhaphy in Sheep and Goats 95
Suggested Reading 95
9 Laparotomy in Cattle 97
Abdominal Surgery in cattle 97
Exploratory Laparotomy 100
Suggested Reading 103
10 Rumenotomy, Fistulation, Cannulation, and Pericardiotomy in Cattle 105
Rumenotomy 105
Creation of a Temporary Rumen Fistula 108
Permanent Rumen Cannulation 112
Pericardiotomy: Surgically Correcting Traumatic Pericarditis 113
Suggested Reading 116
11 Abomasal Surgery 119
General Considerations 119
Surgical Techniques for Treating Left Displaced Abomasum 119
Surgical Procedures for Treating Right Displaced Abomasum 127
Surgical Technique for Treating Abomasal Volvulus (RTA) 128
Conclusion 130
Suggested Reading 130
12 Surgical Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction 133
Introduction 133
Common Clinical Signs of Intestinal Obstruction in Cattle 133
Using Resection and Anastomosis to Treat Intussusception of the Jejunum in Cattle 134
Emergency Repair of Intestinal Laceration or Evisceration Trauma in Pigs and Calves 135
Spermatic Cord-Induced Intestinal Incarceration Surgery in Steers 135
Treating Typhlectasis with or without Torsion 136
Suggested Reading 138