High Volume Spay and Neuter: A Safe and Time Efficient Approach 1st Edition

High-Volume Spay and Neuter: Your Comprehensive Guide to Shelter Medicine

This comprehensive reference addresses the unique challenges of high-volume spay and neuter as a separate discipline within shelter medicine. You will learn how to become faster at performing these procedures in a variety of settings while maintaining the safety of the patient.

Key Features

• Safety First: Safety is emphasized throughout with guidance on how to best treat patients with unknown medical histories and financial constraints that restrict the ability to do pre-anesthetic blood work.
• Surgical Efficiency: Special attention is given to surgical technique, as well as topics such as suture selection and size, suture pattern, patient order, medications, and aftercare.
• Comprehensive Coverage: The book examines the "hows" and "whys" of the mechanics of high-volume spay/neuter, as well as how to manage complications that can occur.
• Setting Up a Clinic: Information on how to set up both a mobile and a stationary suite offers guidance for providing low-cost spay and neuter services in a variety of settings.
• Mobile Veterinary Services: Coverage of mobile veterinary services examines how to provide low-cost spay and neuter to underserved communities.
• Expert Authorship: Written by an experienced veterinarian who has performed more than 40,000 spays and neuters.
• Easy-to-Read Format: The easy-to-read reference manual format ensures each chapter includes all pertinent information on a topic, eliminating the need to cross-reference.
• Digital Access: An enhanced eBook offers a fully searchable version of the text.