Manual For Pet Health
The Merck/Merial Manual for Pet Health
The Merck Veterinary Manual has long been the standard guide found in most veterinarian’s back offices. Vets are required to serve the needs of many animals, not just one, and so this venerable book is their operating manual for lesser known species. It also serves as a reminder for uncommon ailments in the common species of pets. Recently Merck/Merial has published a one-volume paper-bound home edition of the Vet Manual. It is less technical, but still remarkably deep, and by far the best pan-species health guide for pets. It is often even better than many single pet health guides. >
Besides the expected dogs, cats, and horses, it covers the health needs of rabbits, rodents, ferrets, birds, reptiles, and exotics such as pot-bellied pigs and sugar gliders. At 1,300 pages, it’s an old-fashioned book, but intelligently designed, and easy to browse and study. >
This book won’t eliminate visits to the vet, but it will reduce their number, and make you smarter when you do visit. The real value of a pan-animal tome like this is when you take charge of an unfamiliar animal. It also gave us confidence to adopt pets we hitherto knew little about. >
This is definitly one of the most complete pet care resources out there. If you really want to learn in great detail about your pets health and care, this is the book to have! It will help you in taking the best possible care of your pets and you woll know what and why when you go to your vet! It really is a great book for any pet owner!