Veterinary Euthanasia Techniques: A Practical Guide
Veterinary Euthanasia Techniques: A Practical Guide
Editor/Author
Cooney, Kathleen, Chappell, Jolynn and Callan, Robert, et.al.
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley
Single-User Purchase Price:
$65.99

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$98.98
ISBN: 978-0-47-095918-3
Category: Animals & Veterinary Medicine
Image Count:
111
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Veterinary Euthanasia Techniques: A Practical Guide provides detailed guidance on euthanasia procedures in a wide variety of species, including dogs, cats, exotics, horses, and production animals.
Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Client Considerations
- Companion animals
- Species-specific considerations
- 2 Equipment
- Technique-specific equipment
- Euthanasia area equipment
- Drugs
- Species-specific considerations
- 3 Positioning and Restraint
- Positioning
- Restraint
- Species-specific considerations
- 4 Pre-euthanasia Sedation and Anesthesia
- Anesthesia
- Sedation
- Drugs and routes of administration
- Assessing unconsciousness and sedation
- Specific-species considerations
- 5 Euthanasia Techniques
- How death is achieved
- Choosing an appropriate method
- Inhalant methods
- Injectable methods
- Physical methods
- Species-specific techniques
- Unacceptable methods for domestic animals
- Death and associated signs
- 6 Body Aftercare
- Burial
- Composting
- Cremation/incineration
- Rendering
- Species-specific considerations
- Conclusion
- Bibliography