This comprehensive text provides the veterinary assistant student with an overview of the basic and clinical sciences of veterinary technology, and also covers specific clinical applications, nursing procedures and administrative skills.

Principles of veterinary technology -- Overview of veterinary technology -- Ethical, legal, and safety issues in veterinary medicine -- Practice management -- Human interaction in the veterinary workplace -- Veterinary medical terminology -- Basic sciences -- Anatomy and physiology -- Nutrition -- Pathology and response to disease -- Pharmacology and pharmacy -- Behavior -- Clinical sciences -- Hematology and hemostasis -- Clinical chemistry and serology -- Microbiology, cytology, and urinalysis -- Veterinary parasitology -- Preventive medicine -- Clinical applications -- Physical restraint -- Patient history and physical examination -- Diagnostic imaging -- Anesthesia and perioperative analgesia -- Principles of surgical nursing -- Emergency and critical care -- Management of wounds, fractures, and other injuries -- Fluid therapy and blood transfusions -- Dentistry -- Nursing care -- Nursing care of dogs and cats -- Nursing care of horses -- Nursing care of food animals, camelids, and ratites -- Nursing care of cage birds, reptiles, and amphibians -- Nursing care of orphaned and injured wild animals -- Nursing care of small mammals.