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